Table 3

Relations between discriminatory attitudes towards PLWHA and HIV related knowledge and attitudes

% Agreeing or disagree with the statements:	No of correct HIV knowledge items††			Perceived AIDS as horrible			Perceived AIDS situation in HK to be serious			Received HIV/AIDS information‡‡
	0–4 items	5–7 items	Adj	Agree	Else	Adj	Agree	Else	Adj	No	Yes	Adj
	%	%	OR	%	%	OR	%	%	OR	%	%	OR
Adj OR, odds ratios adjusted for background factors including sex, age, education level, marital status, religion, and housing type. *p <0.05; ‡p <0.01; §p <0.001. †Significant at p<0.0025 level after Bonferroni adjustment.
¶Agreed or strongly agreed with the statement. **Disagreed or strongly disagreed with the statement. ††Number of correct answers to the seven HIV related knowledge items listed in table 2. ‡‡Had received HIV/AIDS related information in the last 2 weeks before the interview.
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*