Level of concern, intention to undergo HIV testing and reason for choosing a street-based rapid HIV testing programme among persons being tested for the first time
| MSM (N=619) | MSW (N=1304) | Women (N=1594) | Total (N=3517) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Thoughts about undergoing an HIV test | ||||||||
| Was never concerned or thought about it | 58 | 10.9 | 257 | 24.9 | 313 | 23.3 | 628 | 21.6 |
| Has been thinking about it for less than 6 months | 160 | 30.2 | 237 | 23.0 | 330 | 24.5 | 727 | 25.0 |
| Has been thinking about it between 6 months and <1 year | 82 | 15.5 | 125 | 12.1 | 163 | 12.1 | 370 | 12.7 |
| Has been thinking about it between 1 and <2 years | 89 | 16.8 | 170 | 16.5 | 227 | 16.9 | 486 | 16.7 |
| Has been thinking about for 2 years or more | 141 | 26.6 | 243 | 23.5 | 313 | 23.3 | 697 | 24.0 |
| If you hadn't taken the test today, would you have in the next 12 months? | ||||||||
| No or probably no | 60 | 18.8 | 220 | 32.4 | 351 | 39.6 | 631 | 33.5 |
| I'm not sure | 57 | 17.9 | 132 | 19.4 | 187 | 21.1 | 376 | 19.9 |
| Yes or probably yes | 202 | 63.3 | 328 | 48.2 | 349 | 39.3 | 879 | 46.6 |
| Not in questionnaire* | 283 | 506 | 635 | 1424 | ||||
| Reasons for testing in this particular programme | ||||||||
| I knew how it worked and I came expressly to be tested | 174 | 36.1 | 328 | 36.0 | 402 | 34.0 | 904 | 35.1 |
| If I hadn't passed by here, I wouldn't have done it | 295 | 61.2 | 548 | 60.2 | 750 | 63.4 | 1593 | 61.8 |
| Other | 13 | 2.7 | 35 | 3.8 | 31 | 2.6 | 79 | 3.1 |
| Not in questionnaire* | 114 | 286 | 357 | 757 | ||||
*For some time, this question was not available in all questionnaires. Percentages calculated on respondents.
MSM, men who have sex with men; MSW, men who have sex only with women.