Table 3

HV testing attitudes and AIDS stigmatising attitudes among participants from a black township in Cape Town who have and have not been tested for HIV

	Tested				Not tested for HIV (n = 266)		Adjusted
	Results
	Known (n = 117)		Unknown (n = 86)
	No	%	No	%	No	%	OR*	OR†
*OR = odds ratios for comparisons of people tested for HIV to people not tested; †OR = odds ratios for comparisons of people who have been tested with known results to people tested with unknown results; All odds ratios adjusted for age, years education, sex, and survey venue; ^ap<0.01; ^bp<0.05.
HIV testing attitudes
Getting tested for HIV helps people feel better	95	86	71	82	175	66	2.9^a	1.5
Getting tested for HIV helps people from getting HIV	89	90	58	67	150	57	2.2^a	2.6^a
People in my life would leave me if I had HIV	20	18	28	32	109	41	0.5^a	0.4^a
People who test HIV positive should hide it from others	11	10	23	27	91	35	0.4^a	0.3^a
I would rather not know if I have HIV	31	28	40	46	126	48	0.5^a	0.4^a
AIDS stigmas
People who have AIDS are dirty	4	4	2	2	27	10	0.3^a	1.6
People who have AIDS are cursed	7	6	6	7	31	12	0.5	0.8
People who have AIDS cannot be trusted	20	18	17	20	63	24	0.7	0.8
People who have AIDS are like everybody else	92	83	73	87	204	77	1.6	0.8
People who have AIDS should be ashamed	8	7	8	9	52	20	0.4^a	0.7
People who have AIDS have nothing to feel guilty about	89	78	64	74	168	64	2.0^a	1.5
Most people become HIV positive by being weak or foolish	18	16	17	20	57	22	0.8	0.6
It is safe for people who have AIDS to work with children	76	68	58	67	134	52	1.9^a	1.1
People who have AIDS must expect restrictions on their freedom	30	27	39	45	122	47	0.7	0.5
A person with AIDS must have done something wrong and deserves to be punished	2	2	6	7	32	12	0.3^a	0.2
People who have HIV should be isolated	6	5	5	6	22	7	0.8	.08
I do not want to be friends with someone who has AIDS	5	5	3	3	34	13	0.3^a	1.0
People who have AIDS should not be allowed to work	14	13	14	16	45	17	0.9	0.6