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Figure 5.5c Percent of partnerships in which respondent was unaware of partner’s HIVstatus by the respondent’s actual HIV status and knowledge of HIV infection, Kenya 2007.Total77.7HIV-uninfected, Nevertested89.4HIV-infected, Nevertested88.6HIV-infected, Selfreportednegative64.1HIV-uninfected, Selfreportednegative58.6HIV-infected, Selfreportedpositive38.30 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100Did Not Know Partner's HIV Status (Weighted %)Figure 5.5c HIV-uninfected and HIV-infected respondents who had never been tested for HIVreported the highest rates of partners of unknown HIV status.The percent of partnerships in which the respondent reported a partner of unknown HIV status variedsignificantly by the respondent’s actual HIV status and knowledge of HIV infection. HIV‐infectedrespondents that self‐reported positive had the lowest percentage of partners of unknown HIV status(38.3%). In contrast, respondents who had never been tested, regardless of actual HIV status, had thehighest percentage of partners of unknown HIV status (89.4% for respondents who were HIVuninfectedand 88.6% for respondents who were HIV‐infected). Compared to those who had neverbeen tested for HIV, HIV‐infected and HIV‐uninfected persons who self‐reported negative had lowerrates of partners of unknown HIV status (64.1% for HIV‐infected and 58.6% for HIV‐uninfectedrespondents).KAIS 2007 90