Table 3.

Agreement with items in the HIV stigmatizing attitudes scale (N = 480^*).

	n	%
Blame and judgement
Getting HIV is a punishment for bad behaviour	176	37.0%
People with HIV must have done something wrong to get it	134	28.0%
People with HIV have only themselves to blame for getting HIV	116	24.2%
I would be ashamed if someone in my family has HIV	114	23.9%
People with HIV should feel ashamed about having HIV	87	18.2%
I would think less of someone if I found out the person has HIV	78	16.4%
Interpersonal distancing
I would not want someone with HIV to look after my child	134	28.2%
I would not want my child to play with a child who has HIV or whose parents have HIV	133	27.9%
I would not want to buy food from someone I know has HIV	116	24.4%
I do not want to get too close to someone with HIV because I am afraid, I might get infected with HIV	113	23.8%
If a relative of mine became ill with HIV, I would not want to care for that person in my home	105	22.1%
I would not employ someone with HIV	101	21.2%
I would not eat together with someone I knew had HIV	101	21.2%
I feel uncomfortable around someone with HIV	88	18.5%
I would be upset if someone with HIV moved in next door to me	85	17.8%
I would not like to be friends with someone with HIV	84	17.6%
If a teacher has HIV but is not sick, she should not be allowed to continue teaching in the school	83	17.5%
If I was in public or private transport, I would not like to sit next to someone with HIV	76	16.0%

^*N varies across items because of non-response/refusal