| Stigma | | | | | | |
| Social rejection - Female teachers infected with HIV, but is not sick, should be allowed to continue teaching (reference yes) | | | | | | |
| No | 0.39 | 0.32–0.47 | 0.00 | 0.57 | 0.54–1.04 | 0.00 |
| Fear of causal contact - Willing to care for relative with AIDS(reference yes) | | | | | | |
| No | 0.37 | 0.29–0.50 | 0.00 | 0.58 | 0.37–0.93 | 0.02 |
| Disclosure concerns - Would want HIV infection in family to remain secret(reference no stigma) | | | | | | |
| Yes | 0.83 | 0.71–0.98 | 0.02 | 0.88 | 0.69–1.11 | 0.29 |
| Sociodemographic characteristics | | | | | | |
| Age(reference 15–19) | | | | | | |
| 20–24 | 1.57 | 1.25–1.96 | 0.00 | 1.20 | 0.85–1.69 | 0.27 |
| 25–29 | 3.02 | 2.32–3.94 | 0.00 | 2.60 | 1.76–3.82 | 0.00 |
| 30–34 | 3.24 | 2.43–4.33 | 0.00 | 2.69 | 1.76–4.12 | 0.00 |
| 35–39 | 4.15 | 2.99–5.76 | 0.00 | 3.54 | 2.16–5.72 | 0.00 |
| 40–44 | 3.86 | 2.72–5.50 | 0.00 | 3.30 | 1.98–5.51 | 0.00 |
| 45–49 | 3.52 | 2.40–5.19 | 0.00 | 4.75 | 2.58–8.75 | 0.00 |
| Educational attainment(reference no education) | | | | | | |
| Primary or less | 0.90 | 0.69–1.18 | 0.44 | 0.58 | 0.23–1.45 | 0.25 |
| Secondary or higher | 1.64 | 1.26–2.15 | 0.00 | 0.97 | 0.38–2.45 | 0.95 |
| Place of residence(reference urban) | | | | | | |
| Rural | 0.46 | 0.38–0.54 | 0.00 | 0.53 | 0.39–0.73 | 0.00 |
| Religion(reference others) | | | | | | |
| Roman catholic | 1.11 | 0.93–1.33 | 0.25 | 1.06 | 0.60–1.43 | 0.64 |
| Pentecostal | 1.42 | 1.13–1.79 | 0.00 | 1.19 | 0.84–1.67 | 0.31 |
| Lesotho evangelical | 0.77 | 0.36–1.64 | 0.49 | 0.86 | 0.27–2.97 | 0.81 |
| Other Christian | 1.44 | 1.05–1.97 | 0.02 | 1.19 | 0.76–1.87 | 0.43 |
| Anglican | empty | | | | – | – |
| Employment status(reference seasonal or occasional) | | | | | | |
| All yeas | 1.03 | 0.86–1.25 | 0.70 | – | – | – |
| Wealth index(reference poorest) | | | | | | |
| Poorer | 1.39 | 1.08–1.81 | 0.01 | 0.93 | 0.60–1.43 | 0.75 |
| Middle | 1.24 | 0.96–1.59 | 0.09 | 0.64 | 0.42–0.98 | 0.03 |
| Richer | 2.01 | 1.56–2.60 | 0.00 | 1.05 | 0.65–1.58 | 0.94 |
| Richest | 2.67 | 2.06–3.46 | 0.00 | 0.69 | 0.42–1.11 | 0.13 |
| Media exposure (radio)(reference not at all) | | | | | | |
| Less than once a week | 1.41 | 1.12–1.77 | 0.00 | 0.98 | 0.72–1.34 | 0.91 |
| At least once a week | 2.22 | 1.86–2.65 | 0.00 | 1.20 | 0.92–1.56 | 0.15 |
| HIV prevention knowledge | | | | | | |
| Healthy-looking person can have HIV(reference no) | | | | | | |
| Yes | 2.49 | 1.96–3.15 | 0.00 | 1.80 | 0.96–2.19 | 0.07 |
| Condom use(reference no) | | | | | | |
| Yes | 1.00 | 0.84–1.20 | 0.97 | 0.17 | 0.79–1.31 | 0.86 |
| Number of lifetime sexual partners(reference 1) | | | | | | |
| 2 | 1.08 | 0.78–1.53 | 0.62 | 1.14 | 0.69–1.87 | 0.59 |