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Table 5. Reasons for seeking an HIV test among participants who had ever been tested, by recruitment venue, HIV Testing Survey, 2002
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  A Reasona   Main Reasonb
  MSM (Bar)
(n=927)
HRHs (STD Clinic)
(n=769)
IDUs (Street/NEP)
(n=628)
 MSM (Bar)
(n=927)
HRHs (STD Clinic)
(n=769)
IDUs (Street/NEP)
(n=628)
Reason No. (%) No. (%) No. (%)   No. (%) No. (%) No. (%)
To know where they stood 836 (90) 711 (92) 567 (90)446 (49) 390 (51) 289 (47)
Thought exposed through sex 398 (43) 375 (49) 206 (33)120 (13) 118 (15) 42 (7)
Thought exposed through drug use 32 (3) 55 (7) 383 (61)2 (0) 7 (1) 131 (21)
It was time for regular test 433 (47) 284 (37) 206 (33)78 (9) 13 (2) 27 (4)
Concerned about transmitting HIV 236 (25) 239 (31) 215 (34)41 (5) 23 (3) 18 (3)
Part of routine medical checkup 309 (33) 337 (44) 173 (28)40 (4) 20 (3) 8 (1)
Doctor suggested 128 (14) 150 (20) 83 (13)24 (3) 19 (2) 12 (2)
Required for insurance/military/jail 47 (5) 57 (7) 66 (11)16 (2) 18 (2) 18 (3)
Pregnant   84 (11) 15 (2)   46 (6) 4 (1)
Part of STD checkup 245 (26) 400 (52) 123 (20)17 (2) 24 (3) 2 (0)
Sex partner requested 128 (14) 83 (11) 70 (11)17 (2) 14 (2) 6 (1)
Partner said he or she was HIV-positive 46 (5) 7 (1) 21 (3)21 (2) 3 (0) 9 (1)
Someone (other than a doctor) suggested 159 (17) 87 (11) 130 (21)14 (2) 5 (1) 11 (2)
Suspected an HIV-related health problem 60 (6) 36 (5) 71 (11)16 (2) 8 (1) 3 (0)
Wanted to have a child 12 (1) 85 (11) 33 (5)2 (0) 6 (1) 2 (0)
Was informed that sex or drug-use partner was HIV-positive 9 (1) 9 (1) 15 (2)0 (0) 1 (0) 1 (0)
Other 100 (11) 73 (9) 59 (9)45 (5) 35 (5) 26 (4)

Note. Numbers may not add to totals because of missing data. Column percentages for main reason may not add to 100 because of rounding.
MSM, men who have sex with men; HRHs, high-risk heterosexuals; STD, sexually transmitted disease; IDUs, injection drug users; NEP, needle exchange program; dash indicates data not included.
a Participants were asked to indicate whether each factor had contributed to seeking testing ("a reason").
b Participants were asked to indicate which factor was the main one ("main reason").
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Last Modified: August 4, 2006
Last Reviewed: August 4, 2006
Content Source:
Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention

 

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