| Stigma | | | | |
| Social rejection - Female teachers infected with HIV, but is not sick, should be allowed to continue teaching(reference yes) | | | | |
| Yes | 2,286 | 79.52 | 5,935 | 90.76 |
| No | 532 | 18.50 | 526 | 8.04 |
| Don't know | 57 | 1.98 | 78 | 1.19 |
| Fear of causal contact - Willing to care for relative with AIDS(reference yes) | | | | |
| Yes | 2,614 | 90.96 | 6,235 | 95.35 |
| No | 220 | 7.67 | 265 | 4.05 |
| Don't know | 39 | 1.37 | 39 | 0.60 |
| Disclosure concerns - Would want HIV infection in family to remain secret(reference no stigma) | | | | |
| Yes | 1,247 | 43.38 | 2,691 | 41.15 |
| No | 1,513 | 52.64 | 3,602 | 55.08 |
| Don't know | 114 | 3.98 | 246 | 3.76 |
| Sociodemographic characteristics | | | | |
| Age | | | | |
| 15–19 | 690 | 26.28 | 1,542 | 23.29 |
| 20–24 | 534 | 20.34 | 1,300 | 19.63 |
| 25–29 | 394 | 15.00 | 1,072 | 16.19 |
| 30–34 | 345 | 13.14 | 907 | 13.70 |
| 35–39 | 275 | 10.47 | 728 | 11.00 |
| 40–44 | 222 | 8.45 | 582 | 8.79 |
| 45–49 | 166 | 6.32 | 490 | 7.40 |
| Educational attainment | | | | |
| No education | 285 | 9.73 | 81 | 1.22 |
| Primary or less | 1,324 | 45.17 | 2,665 | 40.25 |
| Secondary or higher | 1,322 | 45.10 | 3,875 | 58.53 |
| Marital status | | | | |
| Never married | 73 | 2.67 | 2,201 | 33.24 |
| Ever married | 2,646 | 97.33 | 4,420 | 66.76 |
| Region | | | | |
| Urban | 991 | 33.80 | 2,202 | 33.26 |
| Rural | 1,940 | 66.20 | 4,419 | 66.74 |
| Religion | | | | |
| Roman catholic | 1,194 | 41.18 | 2,558 | 39.04 |
| Pentecostal | 533 | 18.37 | 1,133 | 17.29 |
| Lesotho evangelical | 28 | 0.97 | 86 | 1.32 |
| Other Christian | 234 | 8.08 | 477 | 7.28 |
| Anglican | 24 | 0.81 | 43 | 0.65 |
| Other | 886 | 30.57 | 2,255 | 34.42 |
| Wealth index | | | | |
| Poorest | 418 | 14.25 | 1,183 | 17.87 |
| Poorer | 535 | 18.24 | 1,138 | 17.19 |
| Middle | 599 | 20.43 | 1,307 | 19.74 |
| Richer | 659 | 22.50 | 1,453 | 21.95 |
| Richest | 721 | 24.58 | 1,540 | 23.26 |
| HIV prevention knowledge | | | | |
| Healthy-looking person can have HIV | | | | |
| Yes | 2,496 | 86.85 | 6,000 | 91.58 |
| No | 314 | 10.92 | 454 | 6.93 |
| Know a place to get HIV test | | | | |
| Yes | 2,702 | 94.01 | 6,429 | 98.12 |
| No | 172 | 5.99 | 122 | 1.88 |
| Sexual behavior | | | | |
| Condom use | | | | |
| Yes | 1,314 | 58.29 | 2,395 | 48.16 |
| No | 940 | 41.71 | 2,578 | 51.84 |
| Number of lifetime sexual partners | | | | |
| 1 | 248 | 8.47 | 2,049 | 30.95 |
| 2 | 332 | 11.33 | 1,550 | 23.41 |
| 3 | 357 | 12.19 | 1,065 | 16.08 |
| More than 4 | 1,993 | 68.01 | 1,957 | 29.56 |
| Ever had paid sex (men only) | | | | |
| Yes | 330 | 12.79 | n/a |
| No | 2,253 | 87.21 |
| Empowerment | | | | |
| Decision maker for using contraception (women only) | | | | |
| Mainly respondent | n/a | 381 | 17.59 |
| Mainly husband, partner | 137 | 6.3 |
| Joint decision | 1,636 | 75.45 |
| Other | 14.07 | 0.65 |