This statistic shows the percentage of HIV positive respondents in South Africa who feared stigma or discrimination happening in the last 12 months whether they actually happened before or not, as of December 2014. It was found that 12 percent of respondents feared being physically assaulted.
Percentage of persons with HIV in South Africa who were fearful of following things as of 2014*
Characteristic
Percentage of respondents
Being gossiped about
29%
Afraid that someone would not want to be sexually intimate with them because of their HIV-positive status
21%
Being verbally insulted, harassed and/or threatened
* Overall 39% of the respondents in the study reported that they had experienced some fear of potential stigma. The statistic shows the share of things these respondents were fearful of happening to them.
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SANAC. (May 15, 2015). Percentage of persons with HIV in South Africa who were fearful of following things as of 2014* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/610059/hiv-positive-fear-of-stigma-discrimination-south-africa/
SANAC. "Percentage of persons with HIV in South Africa who were fearful of following things as of 2014*." Chart. May 15, 2015. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/610059/hiv-positive-fear-of-stigma-discrimination-south-africa/
SANAC. (2015). Percentage of persons with HIV in South Africa who were fearful of following things as of 2014*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/610059/hiv-positive-fear-of-stigma-discrimination-south-africa/
SANAC. "Percentage of Persons with Hiv in South Africa Who Were Fearful of following Things as of 2014*." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 May 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/610059/hiv-positive-fear-of-stigma-discrimination-south-africa/
SANAC, Percentage of persons with HIV in South Africa who were fearful of following things as of 2014* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/610059/hiv-positive-fear-of-stigma-discrimination-south-africa/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Percentage of persons with HIV in South Africa who were fearful of following things as of 2014* [Graph], SANAC, May 15, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/610059/hiv-positive-fear-of-stigma-discrimination-south-africa/
