Table 3.

Reasons for not visiting the HTC center (n = 228)

Reasonsa	% of respondents
Self-perceived stigma about HIV	55
Fear of discrimination	54
Lack of knowledge about HTC services	47
Perception of being at low or no risk	43
Fear of rejection by spouse/family members	34
Fear of HIV positive test result	30
Fear of violence if tested HIV positive	23
Fear of community people finding out	17
Not believing that testing will help	10
Fear of delay in resettlement process if found positive	7
Fear of needles	6
Not accepting that HIV as a disease exists	6
Not having the patience to wait for the results	5
Inconvenient testing hours	4
The perception that the test is expensive	3
Perceived long waiting time	3
Inconvenient location of HTC center	2

^aThe responses were not mutually exclusive