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Figure 15.3e Participants aged 15-64 years who returned to receive their test resultsby marital status, <strong>Kenya</strong> <strong>2007</strong>.Percent Returning to Collect Results (%)70605040302010039.5Never married/cohabited47.4Currentlymonogamous53.4Currentlypolygamous52.242.845.6Separated/divorced Widowed TotalMarital statusThe term “currently monogamous” refers to respondents that are married or cohabiting in a union with only one wifeor one female partner.Figure 15.3e Participants who had never married or cohabited were least likely toreturn to receive their results.The proportion of participants who returned to receive their test results varied significantly bymarital status. Among participants who were polygamous or widowed, of the proportion thatreturned to receive their test results was more than 10 percentage points higher than amongparticipants who had never married or cohabited.During fieldwork, survey participants were encouraged to learn their test results with theirspouses or partners, and provisions were made for couples counselling when participantsreturned for test results. Among those who returned to receive their test results and weremarried or cohabiting as a monogamous couple, the majority (73.4%) received their results asindividuals while 26.1% came with a partner or spouse (data for 0.55% of monogamousparticipants that returned for their results were missing). Similarly, among those who receivedtheir results and were married or cohabiting as a polygamous couple, the majority (80.1%)received results as individuals while 19.6% came with a partner or spouse (data for 0.32% ofpolygamous participants that returned for their results were missing). Among those who wereseparated or divorced, those who were widowed and those who had never married or cohabited,less than 4% came to receive their results with a partner. One of five participants with at leastone sexual partner in year before the survey received their test results as a couple (22.1%) and77.4% came to the health facility alone.<strong>KAIS</strong> <strong>2007</strong> 273

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