Table 1.

Demographic and behavioral characteristics of adult women in rural Constanza, Dominican Republic, by HIV testing history

	No prior HIV test (ever/unsure)	Prior HIV test (ever)	Total	Fisher’s exact test p-value
	n = 34	n = 71	n = 105
	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
Age (years)
16 to 29	5 (14.7)	19 (26.8)	24 (22.9)	0.027
30 to 39	3 (8.8)	17 (23.9)	20 (19.1)
40 to 49	4 (11.8)	11 (15.5)	15 (14.3)
50+	22 (64.7)	24 (33.8)	46 (43.8)
Time lived in the community (years)
10 or fewer	6 (17.7)	16 (22.5)	22 (21.0)	0.381
More than 10	28 (82.4)	55 (77.5)	83 (79.1)
Education level
Less than primary	17 (50.0)	16 (22.5)	33 (31.4)	0.038
Primary	10 (29.4)	26 (36.6)	36 (34.3)
Some high school	4 (11.8)	13 (18.3)	17 (16.2)
High school or higher	3 (8.8)	16 (22.5)	19 (18.1)
Age at sexual debut
15 younger	21 (61.8)	33 (46.5)	54 (51.4)	0.306
Older than 15	12 (35.3)	32 (45.1)	44 (41.9)
Don’t know/prefer not to answer	1 (2.9)	6 (8.5)	7 (6.7)
Number of lifetime sex partners
1	10 (29.4)	21 (29.6)	31 (29.5)	0.708
2 or more	23 (67.7)	43 (60.6)	66 (62.9)
Don’t know/prefer not to answer	1 (2.9)	7 (9.9)	8 (7.6)
Pregnant, ever
No	3 (8.8)	5 (7.0)	8 (7.6)	0.712
Yes	31 (91.2)	66 (93.0)	97 (92.4)
Received STI test, ever
No/unsure	32 (94.1)	44 (62.0)	76 (72.4)	< 0.001
Yes	2 (5.9)	27 (38.0)	29 (27.6)
Know someone with HIV
No	9 (26.5)	15 (21.1)	24 (22.9)	0.621
Yes	25 (73.5)	56 (78.9)	81 (77.1)
Likelihood of taking HIV test if offered
Very or extremely likely	24 (70.6)	53 (74.7)	77 (73.3)	0.847
Somewhat likely	3 (8.8)	7 (9.9)	10 (9.5)
Very or extremely unlikely	6 (17.7)	8 (11.3)	14 (13.3)
Don’t know/prefer not to answer	1 (2.9)	3 (4.2)	4 (3.8)

Bold numbers are significant