Table 4.
Socio-demographic factors and influence on likelihood of testing.
| Reporting of testing among HCWs and their socio-demographics | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tested (%) | Not tested (%) | P-value | |||
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 75.5 | 24.5 | 0.46 | ||
| Female | 77.8 | 22.2 | |||
| Age group | |||||
| 21–30 | 84.3 | 15.7 | 0.0001 | ||
| 31–40 | 77.8 | 22.2 | |||
| 41–50 | 71.5 | 28.5 | |||
| 51 and above | 64.8 | 35.2 | |||
| Marital status | |||||
| Never married | 83.7 | 16.3 | 0.024 | ||
| Married | 75.8 | 24.2 | |||
| Widowed | 72.3 | 27.7 | |||
| Separated | 100.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Divorced | 65.6 | 34.4 | |||
| Reason of testing and cadre of HCW (n = 664) | |||||
| HSA (%) | Clinician (%) | Technician (%) | Nurse (%) | P-value | |
| Just wanting to know serostatus | 49.1 | 46.7 | 55.9 | 49.9 | 0.735 |
| Occupational exposure | 10.7 | 31.1 | 22.0 | 24.6 | 0.001 |
| Ill health | 11.3 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 12.0 | 0.361 |
| Premarital testing to have children | 9.4 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 10.9 | 0.182 |
| Partners sexual behaviour | 5.7 | 1.1 | 5.1 | 6.6 | 0.243 |
| Partner sick or died | 10.1 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 0.002 |
| Referral test | 2.5 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 5.4 | 0.443 |
| Planning for the future | 4.4 | 10.0 | 15.3 | 4.6 | 0.005 |
| Had a blood transfusion | 6.3 | 14.4 | 8.5 | 7.4 | 0.128 |
| Want to be a role model | 11.9 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 0.001 |
| Taking care of people living with HIV | 1.3 | 0 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.653 |
| Your own sexual behaviour | 3.1 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 1.4 | 0.101 |