Table 1.

Distribution of Study Participants by HIV Test Outcome in 2004 for Those Ever Interviewed in Previous Waves, and in 2006 for Those Ever Interviewed in Previous Waves and Those Tested in 2004, MDICP 2004–2006

	Distribution by Test Outcome in 2004 for Those Ever Interviewed in Previous Waves (1998 and 2001)a
	Men		Women		Both Sexes
Test Outcome	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Tested	697	54.2	1,130	61.1	1,827	58.3
Refused	81	6.3	100	5.4	181	5.8
Absent/Moved	176	13.7	220	11.9	396	12.6
Dead	33	2.6	52	2.8	85	2.7
Other/Missing	299	23.3	347	18.8	646	20.6
Total	1,286	100.0	1,849	100.0	3,135	100.0
	Distribution by Test Outcome in 2006 for Those Ever Interviewed in Previous Waves (1998, 2001, and 2004)b
Tested	1,105	52.9	1,353	55.7	2,458	54.4
Refused	91	4.4	107	4.4	198	4.4
Absent/Moved	376	18.0	438	18.0	814	18.0
Dead	63	3.0	66	2.7	129	2.9
Other/Missing	456	21.8	467	19.2	923	20.4
Total	2,091	100.0	2,431	100.0	4,522	100.0
	Distribution by Test Outcome in 2006 for Those Tested in 2004
Tested	903	65.6	1,128	70.2	2,031	68.1
Refused	51	3.7	59	3.7	110	3.7
Absent/Moved	184	13.4	181	11.3	365	12.2
Dead	19	1.4	15	0.9	34	1.1
Other/Not Known/Missing	219	15.9	224	13.9	443	14.9
Total	1,376	100.0	1,607	100.0	2,983	100.0

Note: Percentages may not add up to exactly 100 in some cases because of rounding error.

Source: From the author’s calculations of data from the Malawi Diffusion and Ideational Change Project.

^aExcludes the adolescent sample that was added in 2004.

^bIncludes the 2004 adolescent sample.