Table 2b.
Multiple stigma by app use, stratified by HIV-status.
Scale | HIV+ app users | HIV+ non-users | HIV− app users | HIV− non-users | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N=126b | N=71b | N=196b | N=78b | |||||||
Median score |
IQR |
Median score |
IQR | P-valuea |
Median score |
IQR |
Median score |
IQR | P-valuea | |
Perceived HIV discrimination | 10.8 | 5-16 | 8.3 | 1-14 | 0.049 | 10.8 | 5-15 | 8.5 | 2-12 | 0.01 |
Perceived HIV stigma | 15.5 | 10-21 | 14.9 | 8-23 | 0.71 | 18.1 | 13-24 | 14.7 | 9-21 | 0.005 |
Experienced sexual minority stigma | 9.4 | 0-15 | 4.9 | 0-6 | 0.001 | 7.4 | 0-12 | 5.5 | 0-9 | 0.03 |
Internalized homophobia | 8.5 | 2-13 | 8.3 | 1-13 | 0.54 | 8.1 | 2-12 | 6.1 | 0-11 | 0.04 |
Perceived the world as dangerous for LGBTQ | 16.2 | 12-21 | 14.9 | 6-21 | 0.35 | 15.4 | 12-21 | 14.4 | 9-21 | 0.25 |
Perceived a rise in homophobia/transphobia | 12.0 | 3-18 | 10.0 | 0-18 | 0.15 | 11.8 | 3-18 | 10.1 | 3-18 | 0.16 |
Racial discrimination | 8.1 | 0-12 | 3.4 | 0-6 | 0.0002 | 8.1 | 0-15 | 3.2 | 0-3 | <0.0001 |
Experienced HIV discrimination (HIV-positive only) | 5.9 | 0-9 | 4.4 | 0-6 | 0.16 | |||||
Internalized HIV stigma (HIV-positive only) | 6.7 | 0-10 | 6.0 | 0-9 | 0.35 |
Abbreviations: IQR, interquartile range.
P-values were obtained from the Kruskal-Wallis test.
Number of missing responses does not exceed 10% for any group