| Reason for disclosure | |
| Partners have a right to know | 100 |
| I wanted to be honest | 100 |
| I did not want to infect my partner | 90 |
| I wanted my partner to get tested for warts | 55 |
| I did not think that I could hide my symptoms | 53 |
| It was too stressful keeping it secret | 50 |
| I thought that my partner had infected me | 25 |
| Reason for non-disclosure | |
| Too embarrassed to tell | 71 |
| My partner might respond negatively | 71 |
| My partner might think that I’m promiscuous | 47 |
| We use condoms | 47 |
| I have not known my partner long enough | 47 |
| Don’t know how to tell | 41 |
| The relationship is not serious | 35 |
| My partner might tell other people | 35 |
| My partner infected me | 18 |
| I am not infectious | 12 |