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. 2012 Jul 30;17(8):e26–e37. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02937.x

Table 1.

Response rates for participation and for the anonymous HIV serosurvey in selected Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS). All data are unweighted, are not restricted to non-virgins, and are compiled from DHS country-specific data and final reports

Country Year Survey Household response rate (%) Individual response rate (%) N interviewed N eligible for HIV testing HIV testing response rate (%)
Zimbabwe
 Male 2005–2006 DHS 95.0 81.9 7175 8761 63.4
 Female 90.2 8907 9870 75.9
Senegal
 Male 2005 DHS 98.5 86.0 3761 4375 75.5
 Female 93.7 14602 5350 84.5
Rwanda
 Male 2005 DHS 99.7 97.2 4820 4959 95.6
 Female 98.1 11321 5837 97.3
Guinea
 Male 2005 DHS 99.2 94.5 3174 3360 88.2
 Female 97.2 7954 4189 92.5
Ethiopia
 Male 2005 DHS 98.5 89.0 6033 6778 75.4
 Female 95.6 14070 7142 83.2
Cote D’Ivoire
 Male 2005 AIS 95.5 87.5 4503 5148 76.3
 Female 89.8 5183 5772 79.1
Malawi
 Male 2004 DHS 97.8 85.9 3261 3797 63.3
 Female 95.7 11698 4071 70.4
Lesotho
 Male 2004 DHS 95.2 84.6 2797 3305 68.0
 Female 94.3 7095 3758 80.7
Cameroon
 Male 2004 DHS 97.6 93.0 5280 5676 89.8
 Female 94.3 10656 5703 92.1
Tanzania
 Male 2003–04 AIS 98.5 91.3 5659 6196 77.0
 Female 95.9 6863 7154 83.5
Burkina Faso
 Male 2003 DHS 99.4 90.5 3605 3984 85.8
Kenya
 Male 2003 DHS 96.3 85.5 3578 4183 70.3
 Female 94.0 8195 4303 76.3
Ghana
 Male 2003 DHS 98.7 93.8 5015 5345 80.0
 Female 95.7 5691 5949 89.3

AIS, AIDS Indicator Surveys.

The overall household response rate is given for surveys in which a male subsample was used. In Rwanda, Guinea, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Cameroon and Kenya, all men in 50% of households were sampled. In Senegal, Malawi and Burkina Faso, all men in 33% of households were sampled. Thus, for these countries, the number of women eligible for the anonymous HIV serosurvey is lower than the number interviewed, as only women in the households selected for the male subsample were eligible for the anonymous HIV serosurvey. In Ethiopia, only women in households selected for the male subsample were administered questions on prior HIV testing.