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 | ||||||
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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 | 2.9a | 1.5 |
Getting tested for HIV helps people from getting HIV | 89 | 90 | 58 | 67 | 150 | 57 | 2.2a | 2.6a |
People in my life would leave me if I had HIV | 20 | 18 | 28 | 32 | 109 | 41 | 0.5a | 0.4a |
People who test HIV positive should hide it from others | 11 | 10 | 23 | 27 | 91 | 35 | 0.4a | 0.3a |
I would rather not know if I have HIV | 31 | 28 | 40 | 46 | 126 | 48 | 0.5a | 0.4a |
AIDS stigmas | ||||||||
People who have AIDS are dirty | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 0.3a | 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 | 0.4a | 0.7 |
People who have AIDS have nothing to feel guilty about | 89 | 78 | 64 | 74 | 168 | 64 | 2.0a | 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 | 1.9a | 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 | 0.3a | 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 | 0.3a | 1.0 |
People who have AIDS should not be allowed to work | 14 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 45 | 17 | 0.9 | 0.6 |