Table 5 Reasons for testing (among ever tested) or not testing (among never tested), by gender and sexual experience
| Â | Male | Female | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Never had sex | Ever had Sex | Total | Never had sex | Ever had Sex | Total |
Reason for not having been tested | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Not sexually active | 39.9 | 5.3 | 31.1 | 42.7 | 1.0 | 36.4 |
Not at risk for other reasons | 28.0 | 36.6 | 30.2 | 29.6 | 44.4 | 31.8 |
Don't know where to go | 4.7 | 1.7 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.2 |
Costs too much/lack of money | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
Can get infection from test | 0.2 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
Don't want to know status | 4.7 | 18.1 | 8.1 | 3.6 | 17.4 | 5.7 |
Someone might see me | 0.7 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.5 |
Trust myself or partner/sure of status/know myself | 3.8 | 9.6 | 5.3 | 3.0 | 6.1 | 3.5 |
Has not thought about it | 2.3 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 6.1 | 2.4 |
No reason/nothing | 2.9 | 5.5 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.4 |
Lacks time/too busy | 2.0 | 4.1 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 3.6 | 1.5 |
Fear/Afraid to know status | 0.7 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 0.9 |
Still in school/too young | 2.4 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 1.1 |
Not interested/don't feel like it | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 3.1 | 0.7 |
Other/missing responses | 7.0 | 8.0 | 7.2 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 5.9 |
N | 1,227 | 415 | 1,642 | 1,101 | 196 | 1,297 |
Reason for being tested | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
To know status | 80.9 | 89.3 | 85.9 | 75.3 | 34.1 | 44.9 |
Pregnant or part of pre-natal | -- | 0.4 | 0.3 | -- | 59.4 | 44.2 |
I'm sexually active | -- | 0.0 | 0.3 | -- | 0.6 | 0.6 |
Encouraged by counselor | 1.9 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 4.4 | 1.6 | 2.3 |
Encouraged by peer educator | 3.8 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 0.4 | 1.2 |
Encouraged by parent | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Encouraged by peer | 2.6 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
To get married | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Partner told me to do so | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
Concern about a partner | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
Required for job/school | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.9 |
Blood Donation | 1.9 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Was Sick | 1.9 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 3.3 | 0.4 | 1.2 |
Other/missing responses | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 5.0 | 0.8 | 1.9 |
N | 157 | 233 | 390 | 182 | 510 | 692 |