Table 1 Summary statistics for 3991 people living with laboratory-confirmed HIV in Zambia and South Africa who responded to questions measuring their experience of stigma in the fourth survey of the HPTN 071 (PopART) cohort, September 2017 to July 2018.

Health-related quality-of-life

No problems reported in any domain

3517 (88%)

Problems reported in at least one domain

474 (12%)

Enacted community stigma

Never experienced enacted stigma in a community setting

3298 (83%)

Experienced stigma in a community setting at least once

693 (17%)

Enacted healthcare setting stigma

Never experienced stigma in a healthcare setting

3833 (96%)

Experienced stigma in a healthcare setting at least once

158 (4%)

Internalised stigma

Do not have internalised stigma

3439 (86%)

Have internalised stigma

552 (14%)

Sex

Female

3525 (88%)

Male

466 (12%)

Age

18–24 years

308 (8%)

25–29 years

616 (15%)

30–34 years

849 (21%)

35–39 years

995 (25%)

40–44 years

895 (22%)

 > 45 years

328 (8%)

Education level

Primary school education or less (< grade 8)

1101 (28%)

Secondary school education (grade 8–12)

2715 (68%)

Further/higher education

175 (4%)

Wealth index^a

Wealth quintile 1 (poorest)

958 (24%)

Wealth quintile 2

812 (20%)

Wealth quintile 3

921 (23%)

Wealth quintile 4

759 (19%)

Wealth quintile 5 (richest)

541 (14%)

HIV care status

Not in HIV care

336 (8%)

In HIV care, not on antiretroviral therapy

240 (6%)

In HIV care, on antiretroviral therapy

3415 (86%)

Marital status

Not married

1926 (48%)

Married

2065 (52%)

Religion

Christian

3733 (94%)

Other

258 (6%)

Recreational drug use

Has not used recreational drugs in the last 12 months

3911 (98%)

Has used recreational drugs in the last 12 months

80 (2%)

Tuberculosis status

Have not been told they had tuberculosis in the last 12 months

3894 (98%)

Have been told they had tuberculosis in the last 12 months

97 (2%)

Country

Zambia

2637 (66%)

South Africa

1354 (34%)