Please fill in ONE response for each of the following statements:

None of the time

A little of the time

Some of the time

Most of the time

All of the time

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HIV is different than other diseases like cancer because people with HIV are judged

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People assume I have done something bad to get HIV

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Society looks down on people who have HIV

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People think that if you have HIV then you got what you deserve

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People blame me for having HIV

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People assume I slept around because I have HIV

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People think that if you have HIV you do not deserve to have children

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People are afraid to let someone with HIV adopt a child

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People think I am a bad person because I have HIV

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Medical providers assume people with HIV sleep around

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People lose their jobs because they have HIV

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People think you can′t be a good parent if you have HIV

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I am concerned if I go to the HIV clinic someone I know might see me

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I am concerned if I have physical changes from the HIV medicines people will know I have HIV

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I am concerned if I go to an AIDS organization someone I know might see me

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I am concerned people will find out I have HIV by looking at my medical paperwork

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I am concerned that if I am sick people I know will find out about my HIV

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Nurses and doctors treat people who have HIV as if they are contagious

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Nurses and doctors dislike caring for patients with HIV

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I feel abandoned by family members because I have HIV

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People treat me as less than human now that I have HIV

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People avoid me because I have HIV

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People I am close to are afraid they will catch HIV from me

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I feel like I am an outsider because I have HIV

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