Uptake and correlates of HIV testing among men in Malawi: evidence from a national population–based household survey

Table 1 HIV testing uptake by different background characteristics among men aged 15–54 years who participated in the 2015–2016 Malawi Demographic Health Survey

Characteristics			HIV testing status
	Total		Never tested		Ever tested		p-value
	n	%	n	%	n	%	p-value
Age (years)							< 0.001*
15–19	1818	24.3	1188	52.8	630	12.1
20–29	2430	32.5	534	23.7	1896	36.3
30–39	1807	24.2	240	10.7	1567	30.0
40+	1423	19.0	288	12.8	1135	21.7
Mean (±SD) age (years)	28.9 ± 10.6
Residence							< 0.001*
Rural	6096	81.5	1897	84.3	4199	80.3
Urban	1382	18.5	353	15.7	1029	19.7
Region							< 0.001*
Northern	966	12.9	236	10.5	730	14.0
Central	3321	44.4	1049	46.6	2272	43.5
Southern	3191	42.7	965	42.9	2226	42.6
Marital Status							< 0.001*
Never married	2866	38.3	1522	67.6	1344	25.7
married	4347	58.1	676	30.0	3671	70.2
Formerly married	264	3.5	52	2.3	212	4.1
Religion							0.046*
Christians	6437	86.1	1917	85.2	4520	86.5
Muslim	807	10.8	246	10.9	561	10.7
No religion	233	3.1	87	3.9	146	2.8
Wealth							< 0.001*
Poor	2572	34.4	800	35.6	1772	33.9
Medium	1480	19.8	488	21.7	992	19.0
Rich	3425	45.8	961	42.7	2464	47.1
Education							< 0.001*
None	448	6.0	142	6.3	306	5.9
Primary school	4373	58.5	1563	69.5	2810	53.7
Secondary school or above	2657	35.5	545	24.2	2112	40.4
Covered by health insurance							< 0.001*
No	7268	97.2	2221	98.7	5047	96.5
Yes	210	2.8	29	1.3	181	3.5
Age at first sexual debut (years)							< 0.001*
No sex	1018	13.6	726	32.3	292	5.6
Less than 15	1077	14.4	401	17.8	676	12.9
15–24	5075	67.9	1077	47.9	3998	76.5
24+	308	4.1	46	2.0	262	35.0

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