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Figure 5.4a Partnerships in which adults aged 15-64 years disclosed their HIV status totheir partners by partnership type, <strong>Kenya</strong> <strong>2007</strong>.100Women Men TotalDisclosed HIV status to partner (Weighted %)908070605040302010086.283.076.442.035.126.120.315.012.41.43.2 2.0Married/cohabiting Boyfriend/girlfriend Casual/other All partnersType of PartnerFigure 5.4a Respondents reported disclosing their HIV status to partners more frequently inmarried/cohabiting partnerships compared to boyfriend/girlfriend or casual partnerships.Among respondents who had ever tested for HIV and reported at least one sexual partner in the yearbefore to the survey, respondents disclosed their last HIV test result in 35.1% of all partnerships.Respondent disclosure rates to their partners were significantly higher among women compared tomen. Additionally, respondent disclosure rates to partners differed significantly by partnership type.The percent of respondents who disclosed their HIV status to their partners was highest in married orcohabiting partnerships (83.0%) and lower in boyfriend/girlfriend partnerships (15.0%) and casualpartnerships (2.0%).5.5. Knowledge of HIV infection in partnershipsIn this section, analyses focus on respondents’ knowledge of the HIV status of their partners in theyear before the survey. Analyses are limited to adults who reported at least one partner in the yearprior to the survey. In this section a “partner of unknown status” refers to a partner who had neverbeen tested for HIV, whose testing history was unknown to the respondent, or whose HIV test resultwas unknown to the respondent.<strong>KAIS</strong> <strong>2007</strong> 87

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