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Table 6 Stigmatizing attitudes towards PLWHA: factor and total scores for total sample and different groups

From: Stigmatizing attitudes towards people living with HIV/AIDS: validation of a measurement scale

 

(n)

Total score

Cohen’s d

F1

Cohen’s d

F2

Cohen’s d

F3

Cohen’s d

F4

Cohen’s d

F5

Cohen’s d

F6

Cohen’s d

F7

Cohen’s d

Total

1387

2.998

-

3.489

-

3.461

-

3.288

-

2.750

-

2.938

-

2.439

-

2.459

-

Language

                 

 English

273

2.961

-0.101

3.445

-0.097

3.490

0.056

3.273

-0.030

2.665

-0.144

3.001

0.116

2.477

0.063

2.137*

-0.504

 French

1114

3.007

3.500

3.453

3.291

2.771

2.922

2.430

2.537

Sex

                 

 Men

698

2.955***

-0.228

3.425***

-0.309

3.361***

-0.222

3.223***

-0.025

2.741

-0.119

2.897*

0.007

2.442

-0.056

2.436

-0.194

 Women

689

3.042

3.553

3.561

3.353

2.759

2.978

2.437

2.481

Age

                 

 Lower quartile

422

3.063***

0.215

3.540**

0.394

3.560***

0.019

3.270

0.387

2.847***

0.207

3.009**

0.037

2.467

0.387

2.652***

0.335

 Upper quartile

311

2.913

3.414

3.299

3.259

2.568

2.868

2.440

2.339

Country of birth

                 

 Outside Canada

150

2.916*

-0.230

3.373*

-0.081

3.414

-0.189

3.189*

-0.213

2.611*

-0.024

2.924

-0.020

2.426

-0.228

2.295**

-0.207

 Canada

1236

3.009

3.503

3.467

3.300

2.768

2.940

2.441

2.479

Education

                 

 Lower quartile

265

2.829***

-0.262

3.387**

-0.307

3.345***

-0.613

3.038***

-0.632

2.469***

-0.456

2.758***

-0.463

2.246***

0.080

2.520

-0.608

 Upper quartile

336

3.103

3.534

3.545

3.402

2.933

3.064

2.575

2.453

Acquainted with PLWHA

                 

 No

1026

2.956***

-0.299

3.445***

-0.348

3.402***

-0.304

3.241***

-0.222

2.708***

-0.294

2.885***

-0.216

2.397***

-0.001

2.458

-0.362

 Yes

360

3.118

3.613

3.627

3.419

2.870

3.083

2.557

2.459

Knowledge

                 

 Lower quartile

370

2.744***

-0.909

3.191***

-0.844

3.166***

-0.722

3.055***

-0.693

2.484***

-0.914

2.622***

-0.606

2.208***

-0.237

2.336***

-1.092

 Upper quartile

403

3.199

3.683

3.683

3.466

2.965

3.214

2.650

2.529

Homophobia

                 

 Lower quartile

303

3.299***

0.892

3.706***

1.176

3.793***

1.319

3.619***

1.191

3.127***

1.086

3.282***

0.773

2.709***

0.500

2.608***

1.645

 Upper quartile

406

2.648

3.204

3.084

2.896

2.305

2.589

2.153

2.211

  1. Note. n = 1387. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.
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