1 You would be willing to make personal contact with PLWHA (eg, having meal together) (disagree)** | 31.9 | 13.3 | 0.38§† | 26.2 | 11.2 | 2.65§† | 27.5 | 19.7 | 1.40 | 22.3 | 12.8 | 1.96* |
2 You would avoid having physical contact with PLWHA (eg, not swimming/playing basketball with them) (agree)¶ | 52.3 | 33.7 | 0.50§† | 45.8 | 33.1 | 1.62‡ | 50.3 | 39.6 | 1.49* | 42.7 | 33.0 | 1.55 |
3 You would avoid making contact with PLWHA friends (agree)¶ | 33.3 | 16.5 | 0.46§† | 28.6 | 13.8 | 2.42§† | 28.9 | 22.5 | 1.23 | 24.8 | 14.9 | 1.93* |
4 Employers should refuse to employ PLWHA staff (agree)¶ | 19.9 | 9.4 | 0.50‡ | 17.8 | 5.9 | 3.15§† | 19.5 | 12.6 | 1.46 | 14.8 | 6.4 | 3.20* |
5 You would refuse to work with a PLWHA (agree)¶ | 20.5 | 8.4 | 0.39§† | 17.4 | 5.6 | 3.28§† | 18.1 | 12.4 | 1.44 | 14.6 | 5.3 | 3.23* |
6 PLWHA should be prohibited from using public medical facilities (agree)¶ | 24.0 | 16.1 | 0.74 | 21.0 | 16.4 | 1.31 | 27.5 | 17.6 | 1.63* | 20.2 | 13.8 | 1.58 |
7 All PLWHA medical staff should be dismissed (agree)¶ | 37.7 | 33.0 | 0.85 | 41.6 | 21.9 | 2.55§† | 40.9 | 33.7 | 1.25 | 36.0 | 27.7 | 1.51 |
8 Physicians should have the right in determining whether to serve PLWHA or not (agree)¶ | 36.8 | 39.1 | 1.19 | 37.7 | 39.0 | 0.92 | 37.6 | 38.2 | 0.95 | 38.8 | 33.0 | 1.25 |
9 PLWHA should try to minimise their attendance of public activities (eg, funfair, concert) (agree)¶ | 26.3 | 9.2 | 0.34§† | 20.2 | 8.9 | 2.34‡ | 26.8 | 14.1 | 1.98‡ | 17.2 | 10.6 | 1.85 |
10 PLWHA should move out of their home, not living together with their family members (agree)¶ | 11.1 | 2.4 | 0.23§† | 8.0 | 2.2 | 3.29‡ | 11.4 | 4.9 | 2.10* | 6.6 | 2.1 | 3.21 |
11 PLWHA should be prohibited from looking after their children who are under 18 years of age (agree)¶ | 19.3 | 13.1 | 0.70 | 18.7 | 9.7 | 2.04‡ | 25.5 | 13.5 | 1.97‡ | 16.5 | 9.6 | 1.85 |
12 You would want your PLWHA neighbours to move away (agree)¶ | 15.2 | 6.0 | 0.36§† | 13.9 | 1.9 | 7.64§† | 14.8 | 8.8 | 1.82* | 10.4 | 6.4 | 1.89 |
13 You would not feel uncomfortable if you had PLWHA neighbours (disagree)** | 31.6 | 22.1 | 0.65* | 30.1 | 18.2 | 1.77‡ | 36.9 | 23.7 | 1.84‡ | 26.2 | 25.5 | 1.07 |
14 You would object to PLWHA service facilities in your neighbourhood (agree)¶ | 31.9 | 15.2 | 0.42§† | 28.2 | 10.4 | 3.25§† | 28.9 | 20.8 | 1.41 | 22.8 | 18.1 | 1.29 |
15 All PLWHA school staff should be dismissed (agree)¶ | 26.6 | 14.6 | 0.58‡ | 24.1 | 10.8 | 2.47§† | 27.5 | 17.9 | 1.53 | 21.3 | 7.4 | 3.41‡ |
16 It is necessary to enact a law prohibiting PLWHA foreign visitors from visiting Hong Kong (agree)¶ | 54.4 | 42.1 | 0.71* | 53.4 | 34.9 | 2.17§† | 57.0 | 45.1 | 1.50* | 48.7 | 36.2 | 1.64* |
17 It is necessary to enact a law making PLWHA publicly disclose their HIV status (agree)¶ | 22.2 | 16.5 | 0.76 | 20.0 | 16.7 | 1.16 | 27.5 | 17.0 | 1.74* | 18.8 | 20.2 | 0.90 |
18 It is necessary to enact a law that sexual activity of PLWHA should be criminalised (regardless of whether the sex partner was informed) (agree)¶ | 62.9 | 53.0 | 0.73* | 60.9 | 49.8 | 1.54‡ | 56.4 | 57.4 | 0.93 | 57.4 | 55.3 | 1.09 |
19 Insurance companies should refuse PLWHA’s insurance (agree)¶ | 34.8 | 29.4 | 0.80 | 33.4 | 28.3 | 1.21 | 31.5 | 31.7 | 0.94 | 32.2 | 27.7 | 1.26 |
20 If your family members unfortunately contract HIV, you are willing to take care of their daily living (disagree)** | 4.1 | 2.6 | 0.67 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 0.78 | 4.7 | 2.9 | 1.50 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 1.03 |
Discriminatory attitudes in ⩾5 of the above items | 55.0 | 33.0 | 0.46§ | 49.5 | 27.9 | 2.44§ | 50.3 | 40.5 | 1.35 | 43.8 | 30.9 | 1.75* |