As part of this compartmentalized view of HIV/AIDS,

• As part of this compartmentalized view of HIV/AIDS, this group is more likely to believe that blood donors have a higher risk of contracting HIV.
  
• They are the second most uncomfortable around people with HIV/AIDS and the most likely to say that they could not be friends with someone who has AIDS (perhaps driven by their view that HIV/AIDS happens to other people). They are also as likely as the Uninformed Uncomfortable (the next group described) to believe that people who get HIV/AIDS through sex or needles, get what they deserve.
  
• Members of the group are more apt than any other group to place confidence in the media as a reliable source for information. As with the Uninformed Uncomfortable (the next group described), these individuals also tend to place greater confidence in the information provided by their friends and family than other Canadians do.
  
• Also, as part of the distance that this group puts between themselves and HIV/AIDS, they tend to favour an international, rather than national focus for the Government of Canada, with an emphasis on specific target groups, rather than the general public at large.
  
• They are less likely to report knowing someone with HIV/AIDS than any other group of Canadians (69 per cent say that they do not know anyone). Even though 42 per cent of this group are not sexually active, the group overall perceives a slightly higher average personal risk of contracting HIV/AIDS than other groups. As with the Uninformed Uncomfortable (the next group described), they are unlikely to have been tested for HIV/AIDS.
  
• This group has a higher than average proportion of senior citizens (although not as high as found in the next group) and lower than average education and income profile (but not as low as with the next group). This group is also over-represented among Quebec residents and those born outside Canada.