Table 2.

Descriptive analysis of participants’ HIV testing habits and self-testing experience in China in 2020.

Variables		Values, n (%)
How often do you test for HIV? (N=692)
	3 months	398 (57.5)
	6 months	140 (20.2)
	1 year or more	154 (22.3)
Number of times tested for HIV last year (N=692)
	Never	80 (11.6)
	Once	117 (16.9)
	≥Twice	495 (71.5)
Know your HIV status (N=692)
	Yes	642 (92.8)
	No	50 (7.2)
Ever self-tested for HIV (N=692)
	Yes	456 (65.9)
	No	156 (22.5)
	Never heard of self-testing	80 (11.6)
Used HIV self-testing kit for first HIV test
	Yes (n=456)	194 (42.5)
	No (n=456)	262 (57.5)
Ever considered testing for HIV at home prior to a sexual encounter (N=692)
	Yes	560 (80.9)
	No	132 (19.1)
Concerns when you use HIV self-testing (N=692)
	Is it working correctly?	237 (34.2)
	Time to wait for results to appear	204 (29.5)
	Results accuracy	201 (29)
	Read the results correctly	276 (39.9)
Comfortable sharing a picture of HIVST results with health worker for reporting (N=692)
	Yes	347 (50.1)
	No	345 (49.9)