Table 2.
Migrants’ responses to HIV stigmatising beliefs
| Strongly agree | Agree | Disagree | Strongly disagree | Having stigmatising beliefs* | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | |
| Item 1: HIV infected people should be ostracised by their spouse and family members | ||||||||||
| 254 | 11.8 | 466 | 21.8 | 1143 | 53.2 | 284 | 13.2 | 720 | 33.5 | |
| Item 2: HIV infected people should be forced to leave their villages | ||||||||||
| 162 | 7.6 | 462 | 21.6 | 1192 | 55.5 | 328 | 15.3 | 624 | 29.1 | |
| Item 3: I would not be able to maintain a normal relationship with my friends if they become infected with HIV | ||||||||||
| 169 | 8.0 | 709 | 33.3 | 1076 | 50.7 | 169 | 8.0 | 878 | 41.4 | |
| Item 4: HIV infected people should not have the same rights to education and employment as others | ||||||||||
| 145 | 6.8 | 506 | 23.8 | 1127 | 53.0 | 349 | 16.4 | 651 | 30.6 | |
*
Subjects selecting “strongly agree” or “agree” as their response to each item were coded as “having stigmatising beliefs.”