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Table 3 HIV prevalence by reported HIV self-testing and socio-demographic and behavioral characteristics among adolescents and adults aged 15–64 years (N = 21,470) who participated in the 2018 Kenya Population-Based HIV Impact Assessment (KENPHIA)

From: Characteristics of users of HIV self-testing in Kenya, outcomes, and factors associated with use: results from a population-based HIV impact assessment, 2018

Characteristic

HIV prevalence

Ever Self-tested

Never Self-tested

P-value*

HIV-infected/n

%

95% CI

HIV-infected/n

%

95% CI

Total

50/807

4.9

(3.1–6.7)

1394/20663

6.0

(5.5–6.4)

0.265

Sex

 Male

18/352

4.4

(1.8–7.1)

383/7719

4.2

(3.6–4.7)

0.821

 Female

32/455

5.3

(3.1–7.6)

1011/12944

7.4

(6.8–8.0)

0.100

Residence

 Urban

17/401

3.0

(0.9–5.1)

564/7915

5.5

(4.8–6.3)

0.070

 Rural

33/406

6.8

(3.9–9.7)

830/12748

6.2

(5.6–6.9)

0.676

Age, years

 15–19

0/60

-

-

40/2366

1.5

(0.9–2.1)

 20–24

7/169

2.0

(0.0–4.1)

80/2980

2.3

(1.7–3.0)

0.780

 25–29

10/181

4.0

(1.2–6.8)

163/3081

4.6

(3.7–5.5)

0.672

 30–34

12/134

7.2

(2.6–11.8)

252/3201

6.8

(5.8–7.9)

0.866

 35–39

2/83

2.8

(0.0–6.8)

192/2416

7.0

(5.7–8.3)

0.169

 40–49

9/114

8.2

(2.5–14.0)

378/3628

10.5

(9.2–11.9)

0.473

  ≥ 50

10/66

17.1

(3.3–30.8)

289/2991

9.6

(8.1–11.1)

0.177

Education

 No primary

3/37

8.0

(0.0–17.4)

107/1652

8.8

(6.6–11.1)

0.866

 Incomplete Primary

32/260

12.9

(7.9–17.9)

893/10111

8.0

(7.3–8.6)

0.015

 Complete Primary

11/252

2.9

(0.9–4.9)

310/6325

4.3

(3.7–4.9)

0.259

 Secondary

4/258

0.5

(0.0–0.9)

83/2560

2.5

(1.8–3.3)

 < 0.001

Marital Status

 Never married

5/231

0.9

(0.0–1.8)

178/4987

2.6

(2.1–3.2)

0.016

 Monogamous

14/192

6.1

(2.5– 9.6)

246/4331

5.0

(4.2–5.8)

0.502

 Polygamous

2/17

10.7

(0.0–26.0)

28/294

9.3

(5.7–12.9)

0.850

 Divorced/separated

11/78

14.0

(2.4–25.7)

174/1643

10.9

(9.1–12.7)

0.557

 Widowed

3/23

14.4

(0.0–31.6)

267/1022

28.0

(24.6–31.5)

0.198

Household Wealth

 First (lowest)

12/108

13.4

(5.7–21.1)

322/4846

6.6

(5.5–7.6)

0.012

 Second

10/128

5.4

(1.7–9.0)

348/4654

6.8

(5.8–7.7)

0.480

 Third

14/177

7.1

(2.9–11.2)

336/4543

6.8

(5.7–8.0)

0.910

 Fourth

11/202

3.1

(0.7–5.4)

262/3996

5.4

(4.5–6.3)

0.123

 Fifth (highest)

3/192

2.0

(0.0–4.9)

125/2622

4.0

(3.0–5.0)

0.323

Lifetime sexual partners

 0

0/22

-

-

24/1314

1.9

(0.9–2.9)

 1

10/238

3.2

(0.5–5.9)

266/6956

3.6

(2.9–4.2)

0.779

  ≥ 2

33/485

5.0

(2.9–7.1)

1015/11069

7.7

(7.0–8.3)

0.030

Age at first sex, years

  < 15

12/99

8.6

(2.6–14.7)

228/2454

7.6

(6.3–8.8)

0.706

 15–19

29/446

5.9

(3.3–8.5)

812/10896

6.5

(5.9–7.2)

0.626

 20–24

6/179

2.0

(0.0–4.1)

220/4037

4.9

(4.1–5.8)

0.062

  ≥ 25

1/35

1.7

(0.0–4.2)

47/1045

4.7

(2.9–6.5)

0.147

  1. Abbreviations: CI Confidence Interval
  2. *Rao-Scott χ-square statistical test p-values are computed for each of the categories as two-by-two tables of ever having self-tested, and the outcome is HIV prevalence
  3. p-value not calculated due to missing values