Table 3.
Knowledge of STI and HIV infection versus actual biological test results
| HIV status (test results) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIV-negative | HIV-positive | |||
| HIV status (self-report) | n | % | n | % |
| HIV-negative | 69 | 41.3 | 11 | 11.0 |
| HIV-positive | 0 | 0.00 | 59 | 59.0 |
| Don't know | 36 | 21.5 | 14 | 14.0 |
| Don't wish to respond | 62 | 37.1 | 16 | 16.0 |
| Total | 167 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| STI status (test results) | ||||
| STI-negative | STI-positive | |||
| STI status (self-report) | n | % | n | % |
| STI negative | 41 | 22.6 | 22 | 25.5 |
| STI positive | 10 | 5.55 | 7 | 8.13 |
| Don't know | 34 | 18.8 | 14 | 16.3 |
| Don't wish to respond | 96 | 53.0 | 43 | 50.0 |
| Total | 181 | 100 | 86 | 100 |
Column percentages may not add up to exactly 100 due to rounding.
STI=sexually transmitted infection and viral hepatitis (active syphilis, chlamydia, gonorrhoea, and active hepatitis B and C).