KAIS 2007 1 - Kenya National AIDS & STI Control Programme ...

Figure 7.5d Reasons given for having moderate or great risk of HIV infection amongwomen and men aged 15-64 years, Kenya 2007.MenWomenPartner has other partnersOtherDoes not use condomsHas more than one partner15.314.030.831.826.526.736.241.6Figure 7.5dHaving multiplepartners or having apartner withmultiple sexualpartners wascommonly cited asthe reason forhaving moderate orgreat risk for HIV.Had blood transfusions\injections7.07.7Homosexual contacts0.41.60 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100Percent (%)Among participants who did not self‐report positive, 20.4% reported that they perceived themselves tobe at moderate or great risk for HIV infection. The three most commonly cited reasons were that theirsexual partner had other partners; that they did not use condoms with their sexual partner; or thatthey had more than one sexual partner. The percent of women and men citing non‐use of condomswas similar (26.5% and 26.7%, respectively). Significantly more women (41.6%) than men (15.3%) citedtheir partner having other partners as a reason for perceiving themselves to have moderate or greatrisk for HIV. Significantly more men (36.2%) than women (14.0%) cited having more than one partneras the reason for being at moderate or great risk for HIV. It is worth noting that 1.6% of men statedthey perceived themselves to be at moderate or great risk for HIV because they had had sex with othermen.KAIS 2007 133