Table 3 HIV and VCT experience, by sex and HIV status 1
Variable | Total | Male | Female | HIV negative | HIV positive | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(n) | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | ||
Total | 9, 461 | 3, 881 | (41) | 5, 575 | (59) | 8, 848 | (94) | 581 | (6) |
HIV experience by sex and HIV status | |||||||||
Are any of your relatives HIV-infected? | |||||||||
Yes | 1, 501 | 531 | (14) | 970 | (17) | 1, 377 | (16) | 120 | (21) |
No | 7, 951 | 3, 351 | (86) | 4, 600 | (83) | 7, 457 | (84) | 461 | (79) |
Have any of your relatives died of ADIS? | |||||||||
Yes | 1, 996 | 759 | (20) | 1, 237 | (22) | 1, 846 | (21) | 145 | (25) |
No | 7, 456 | 3, 123 | (80) | 4, 333 | (78) | 6, 988 | (79) | 436 | (75) |
Is anyone in this village infected with HIV? | |||||||||
Yes | 3, 125 | 1, 482 | (38) | 1, 643 | (29) | 2, 886 | (33) | 225 | (39) |
No | 6, 327 | 2, 400 | (62) | 3, 927 | (71) | 5, 948 | (67) | 356 | (61) |
Has anyone in the village died of AIDS? | |||||||||
Yes | 3, 647 | 1, 710 | (44) | 1, 937 | (35) | 3, 384 | (38) | 250 | (43) |
No | 5, 805 | 2, 172 | (56) | 3, 633 | (65) | 5, 450 | (62) | 331 | (57) |
Have experience of HIV (composite indicator) | |||||||||
Yes | 4, 464 | 1, 970 | (51) | 2, 494 | (45) | 4, 150 | (47) | 298 | (51) |
No | 4, 997 | 1, 916 | (49) | 3, 081 | (55) | 4, 698 | (53) | 283 | (49) |
VCT experience & attitudes by sex and HIV status | |||||||||
Previously had VCT | |||||||||
Yes | 1, 178 | 554 | (14) | 624 | (11) | 1, 046 | (12) | 128 | (22) |
No | 8, 724 | 3, 328 | (86) | 4, 964 | (89) | 7, 788 | (88) | 453 | (78) |
Would recommend VCT to a friend | |||||||||
Yes | 1, 101 | 518 | (94) | 583 | (93) | 981 | (94) | 118 | (92) |
No | 77 | 36 | (6) | 41 | (7) | 65 | (6) | 10 | (8) |
VCT counsellor was kind and understanding | |||||||||
Yes | 1, 093 | 528 | (95) | 565 | (91) | 971 | (93) | 118 | (92) |
No | 85 | 26 | (5) | 59 | (9) | 75 | (7) | 10 | (8) |
VCT interview was not difficult or embarrassing | |||||||||
Yes | 1, 106 | 524 | (95) | 582 | (93) | 984 | (94) | 118 | (92) |
No | 71 | 30 | (5) | 41 | (7) | 61 | (6) | 10 | (8) |
VCT counsellors can be trusted to keep results secret | |||||||||
Yes | 921 | 483 | (87) | 438 | (70) | 815 | (78) | 105 | (82) |
No | 256 | 70 | (13) | 186 | (30) | 230 | (22) | 23 | (18) |
If a person is seen going into a VCT centre people do not assume that he/she is infected | |||||||||
Yes | 737 | 372 | (67) | 365 | (58) | 658 | (63) | 77 | (60) |
No | 440 | 181 | (33) | 259 | (42) | 387 | (37) | 51 | (40) |
Experience of VCT (composite indicator) | |||||||||
Good | 948 | 477 | (12) | 470 | (8) | 842 | (10) | 183 | (18) |
Poor | 232 | 78 | (2) | 154 | (3) | 405 | (2) | 25 | (4) |
None | 8, 278 | 3, 327 | (86) | 4, 946 | (89) | 7, 787 | (88) | 453 | (78) |