South African HIV positive respondents fearing select things could happen 2014

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	17%
Being physically harassed and/or threatened	13%
Being physically assaulted	12%

0%10%20%30%2.5%5%7.5%12.5%15%17.5%22.5%25%27.5%32.5%

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Release date

May 2015

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Region

South Africa

Survey time period

September to December 2014

Number of respondents

10,473 respondents

Age group

15 years and older

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

* 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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