Table 1

Demographic characteristics and HIV risk behaviour history among participants from a black township in Cape Town who have and have not been tested for HIV

		Tested				Not tested for HIV (n = 266)		Adjusted
		Results
		Known (n = 117)		Unknown (n = 86)
		No	%	No	%	No	%	OR*	OR†
*OR = odds ratios for people tested for HIV compared to people not tested; †OR = odds ratios for comparisons of people who have been tested with known results to people tested with unknown results; All odds ratios adjusted for age, years of education, sex, and survey venue; ^ap<0.01; ^bp<0.05; ‡reported for the past 3 months.
Demographic characteristics
Male		58	52	41	47	110	41	1.2	1.4
Female		54	48	46	53	156	59
Age	25 and younger	51	45	30	35	137	52	0.9	1.1
	26 to 35	39	35	38	45	53	20
	36 to 45	18	16	12	14	48	18
	46 and over	4	4	5	6	23	10
Race	African	110	99	82	94	264	99	0.5	3.5
Race	Other	1	1	5	6	2	1
Years of education (mean, SD)		8.6	1.2	8.5	1.2	8.2	1.3	0.8^a	0.9
Employed		50	46	37	43	91	35	1.4	1.5
Married		37	33	37	43	81	31	1.0	0.6
Risk history factors
Two or more sex partners‡		42	38	46	53	107	40	1.0	1.1
Received money, food for sex		7	6	17	20	33	13	0.8	0.2^a
Given money, food for sex		9	8	13	15	22	8	1.2	0.4^b
Has been diagnosed with an STD		45	40	40	48	74	28	1.7^a	0.8
Genital ulcer		17	15	11	13	33	13	1.0	1.1
Has injected drugs		1	1	3	4	18	7	0.3^b	0.2
Has had an injection drug using sex partner		9	8	6	7	31	12	0.6	1.0
Never used a condom		8	7	4	5	70	26	5.6^a	0.6