Determinants for HIV testing and counselling in Nairobi urban informal settlements

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Proportion of individuals ever tested for HIV by socio-demographic characteristics

Variables	Total Number	Never tested	CITC	PITC	Total	X ² (p value)
Age group
<20 yrs	443	63.7	21.0	15.4	100.0	124.2 (<0.001)
20-24 yrs	732	38.5	35.3	26.2	100.0
25-29 yrs	662	38.1	36.1	25.8	100.0
30-34 yrs	493	43.2	34.3	22.5	100.0
35-39 yrs	383	52.2	29.2	18.5	100.0
40-44 yrs	244	56.2	25.0	18.9	100.0
45-49 yrs	161	60.9	24.8	14.3	100.0
50+ yrs	44	56.8	31.8	11.4	100.0
Gender
Female	1,998	38.2	32.5	29.2	100.0	234.1(<0.001)
Male	1,164	62.3	28.9	8.9	100.0
Marital status
Married	2,062	43.0	30.7	26.3	100.0	140.1 (<0.001)
Divorced/separated/widowed	323	36.5	43.0	20.4	100.0
Never married	777	62.3	27.7	10.0	100.0
Residence
Korogocho	1,756	48.7	30.8	20.6	100.0	4.9 (0.088)
Viwandani	1,406	45.1	31.7	23.2	100.0
Ethnicity
Kikuyu	981	44.6	34.4	21.1	100.0	28.9 (<0.001)
Luhya	493	52.7	28.2	19.1	100.0
Luo	567	48.3	30.9	20.8	100.0
Kamba	663	46.8	32.9	20.4	100.0
Others	458	45.4	25.6	29.0	100.0
Education
No schooling	119	43.7	28.6	27.7	100.0	18.9 (0.015)
Primary	2,015	48.7	29.7	21.6	100.0
Secondary	952	44.9	34.4	20.8	100.0
Higher	23	21.7	56.5	21.7	100.0
Don't know	53	45.3	26.4	28.3	100.0
Wealth Index
Poorest 20%	441	49.9	32.7	17.5	100.0	15.6 (0.048)
2nd	611	47.6	32.9	19.5	100.0
3rd	684	49.7	29.0	21.4	100.0
4th	683	43.5	31.3	25.2	100.0
Richest 20%	743	45.9	30.8	23.3	100.0
Mobility Index
Not highly mobile	2820	47.9	30.7	21.4	100.0	7.6 (0.022)
Highly mobile	342	40.1	35.1	24.9	100.0
Total	3,162	47.1	31.2	21.7	100.0

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