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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Sep 6.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Transm Infect. 2005 Dec;81(6):511–516. doi: 10.1136/sti.2005.014977

Table 3.

Distribution of HIV related stigmatising beliefs

Having stigmatising beliefs
No % OR* 95% CI
Sex
 Male 939 65.9 1
 Female 453 62.2 0.85 0.71 to 1.03
Education
 Primary school 119 75.3 1
 Middle school 782 68.5 0.71 0.49 to 1.04
 High school 420 59.2 0.48 0.32 to 0.70
 Post secondary school 60 46.9 0.29 0.18 to 0.48
Ethnicity
 Han 1331 64.3 1
 Minorities 48 67.2 0.88 0.53 to 1.48
Marriage status
 Married 590 64.1 1
 Single 744 64.4 0.98 0.82 to 1.18
Migration city
 Naning 747 64.3 1
 Beijing 645 65.0 1.03 0.86 to 1.23
Current working place
 Entertainment 413 64.5 1
 No job 58 70.7 1.33 0.80 to 2.20
 Hotel or restaurant 245 64.1 0.98 0.75 to 1.28
 Construction site 366 65.6 1.05 0.83 to 1.33
 Peddler market 126.00 63.4 0.91 0.66 to 1.26
 Domestic service 51 71.8 1.40 0.82 to 2.41
 Others 127 60.8 0.85 0.62 to 1.17
Monthly income in US$
≤57 250 71.6 1
 58–80 291 64.5 0.72 0.53 to 0.97
 81–115 286 62.0 0.64 0.47 to 0.87
 >115 565 63.3 0.68 0.52 to 0.90
Mobility index
 0.06–0.30 357 62.6 1
 0.31–0.49 275 64.0 1.06 0.82 to 1.37
 0.50–0.70 351 62.1 0.98 0.77 to 1.24
 0.71–1.00 257 69.7 1.37 1.04 to 1.81
 1.01–10.00 124 68.1 1.28 0.89 to 1.82
To whom resided in city
 Alone 161 68.8 1
 Spouse or children 468 66.2 0.89 0.65 to 1.22
 Others§ 763 63.1 0.78 0.57 to 1.05
No of jobs taken
 1 or no job 408 65.5 1
 2 407 64.2 0.94 0.75 to 1.19
 3 322 63.9 0.93 0.73 to 1.19
 4 114 62.0 0.86 0.61 to 1.21
 >4 141 67.8 1.11 0.79 to 1.55
Perception of HIV infection
 Impossible 910 63.2 1
 Less likely 383 65.1 1.09 0.89 to 1.33
 Highly likely 96 84.2 3.11 1.86 to 5.21
*

Odds ratio.

95% confidence interval.

Sauna club, bath house, karaoke room, beauty salon, massage parlour, and dance hall.

§

Other family number, co-workers, follow villagers, and relatives.