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Table 1 Consent to HIV testing by age, sex, setting and wealth quintile

From: The prevalence and socio-economic determinants of HIV among teenagers aged 15–18 years who were participating in a mobile testing population based survey in 2013–2014 in Zambia

Variable

Total

Agreed to HIV test

(N =3863) (%)

Declined HIV test

(N = 2532) (%)

Age (N = 6395)

 15

1657

867 (24.4)

790 (31.2)

 16

1615

938 (24.3)

677 (26.7)

 17

1564

938 (24.3)

626 (24.7)

 18

1559

1120 (29.0)

439 (17.3)

Sex (N = 6395)

 Male

3067

1736 (44.9)

1321 (52.2)

 Female

3338

2127 (55.1)

1211 (47.8)

Setting (N = 6395)

 Rural

4220

2935 (76.0)

1285 (50.8)

 Urban

2175

928 (24.0)

1247 (49.2)

Wealth quintile (N = 5456)

 Lowest

771

550 (16.9)

221 (10.1)

 Second lowest

946

650 (20.0)

296 (13.5)

 Middle

1077

711 (21.8)

366 (16.7)

 Fourth

1095

616 (18.9)

479 (21.8)

 Highest

1567

736 (22.6)

831 (37.9)