All* | 47.4 | 52.6 | 54.8 | 45.2 | 68.3 | 31.7 | 40.0 | 60.0 | 100 |
HIV related knowledge
| | | | | |
A person can contract HIV through dinning together with PLWHA (disagree)‡ | 85.9 | 87.3 |
91.4
|
80.8††
| 85.8 | 88.3 |
91.0
|
83.9**
|
86.6
|
A person can contract HIV through using a toilet seat that has just been used by PLWHA (disagree)‡ |
72.3
|
60.9**
|
73.2
|
58.0††
|
62.8
|
73.8**
|
76.4
|
59.8††
|
66.3
|
PLWHA can transmit HIV to others through coughing (disagree)‡ | 68.9 | 64.7 |
72.3
|
59.6††
|
63.2
|
74.2**
|
73.3
|
62.3**
|
66.7
|
A person can contract HIV through having mouth to mouth kissing with PLWHA (disagree)‡ | 30.8 | 30.8 |
38.5
|
21.4††
|
28.3
|
36.3¶
|
41.0
|
24.2††
|
30.8
|
A person cannot contract HIV through just having brief bodily contact with PLWHA (agree)† | 82.2 | 82.1 |
85.3
|
78.3¶
| 80.8 | 85.2 | 85.1 | 80.3 |
82.2
|
A person could appear healthy for a long time after being infected with HIV (agree)† | 66.3 | 60.2 | 63.5 | 62.4 |
60.1
|
69.5¶
| 64.3 | 62.3 |
63.1
|
HIV could be transmitted from a person who looks healthy to others (agree)† | 72.6 | 71.5 | 74.6 | 68.7 |
65.9
|
85.2††
|
76.4
|
68.9¶
|
72.0
|
HIV related attitudes
| | | | | | |
The current AIDS situation in Hong Kong is serious (agree)† |
15.4
|
21.2¶
| 16.1 | 21.2 |
21.8
|
11.3††
|
14.6
|
21.1¶
|
18.4
|
Perceived that AIDS is horrible (agree)† | 66.6 | 66.8 |
62.1
|
72.3**
| 66.8 | 66.8 |
61.5
|
70.4**
|
66.7
|
Felt more fearful in contacting PLWHA, compared to contacting other chronic disease patients (eg, mentally ill) (agree)† | 24.8 | 28.2 |
20.0
|
34.9††
|
30.9
|
17.6††
|
18.6
|
31.9††
|
26.6
|
Negative perceptions about PLWHA
| | | | | |
The majority of PLWHA are promiscuous (agree)† |
39.7
|
47.3¶
|
34.5
|
54.9††
|
51.4
|
27.0††
|
32.3
|
50.9††
|
43.7
|
PLWHA are merely receiving the punishment they deserve (agree)† | 19.8 | 21.4 |
17.0
|
25.3**
|
24.5
|
12.5††
|
15.2
|
24.4**
|
20.7
|
PLWHA should feel ashamed of themselves (agree)† | 11.7 | 13.2 |
7.7
|
18.4††
|
14.9
|
7.4**
|
8.4
|
15.1**
|
12.5
|
PLWHA deserve sympathy (disagree)‡ | 12.3 | 15.3 |
11.6
|
16.8¶
|
15.2
|
10.9
|
9.6
|
16.8**
|
13.9
|
PLWHA would not make other colleagues apprehensive (disagree)‡ | 60.6 | 54.1 | 55.3 | 59.6 | 56.3 | 59.4 | 60.6 | 55.1 |
57.2
|