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Table 13.11.1 Coverage of prior HIV testing: WomenPercentage of women age 15-49 who know where to get an HIV test, percent distribution of women age 15-49 by testingstatus and whether they received the results of the last test, the percentage of women ever tested, and the percentage ofwomen age 15-49 who received their test results the last time they were tested for HIV in the past 12 months, and thepercentage of women age 50 and over who know source for HIV testing and who have been tested and received results,according to background characteristics, Swaziland 2006-07BackgroundcharacteristicPercentagewho knowwhere toget an HIVtestPercent distribution of women by testingstatus and by whether they received theresults of the last testEver testedandreceivedresultsEver testeddid notreceiveresultsNevertested 1TotalPercentageevertestedPercentagewhoreceivedresults fromlast HIV testtaken inthe past12 monthsNumber ofwomenAge15-24 87.1 27.7 5.1 67.3 100.0 32.7 18.1 2,32015-19 80.6 15.8 3.1 81.1 100.0 18.9 10.0 1,27420-24 95.0 42.1 7.4 50.5 100.0 49.5 27.9 1,04625-29 96.6 47.0 6.1 46.9 100.0 53.1 29.7 72930-39 97.0 45.9 5.5 48.6 100.0 51.4 25.9 1,11840-49 93.8 35.3 2.4 62.2 100.0 37.8 20.5 820Marital statusNever married 87.9 27.8 4.4 67.8 100.0 32.2 17.0 2,487Ever had sex 94.0 39.9 6.2 53.9 100.0 46.1 24.7 1,607Never had sex 76.6 5.8 1.0 93.2 100.0 6.8 2.9 880Married/living together 95.7 43.1 5.8 51.1 100.0 48.9 26.7 2,062Divorced/separated/widowed 95.6 47.0 3.6 49.4 100.0 50.6 27.4 438ResidenceUrban 95.5 42.5 5.2 52.3 100.0 47.7 24.1 1,330Rural 90.5 33.4 4.8 61.8 100.0 38.2 21.1 3,657RegionHhohho 93.2 34.6 5.1 60.4 100.0 39.6 19.7 1,340Manzini 91.8 39.4 4.5 56.1 100.0 43.9 24.2 1,647Shiselweni 88.6 31.6 5.1 63.3 100.0 36.7 21.0 1,033Lubombo 93.3 36.1 5.1 58.8 100.0 41.2 22.2 966EducationNo education 89.4 29.4 6.3 64.3 100.0 35.7 19.0 402Lower primary 86.8 32.5 5.2 62.3 100.0 37.7 16.2 360Higher primary 88.1 32.1 4.4 63.5 100.0 36.5 21.5 1,268Secondary 92.0 34.5 4.2 61.3 100.0 38.7 21.0 1,693High school 97.0 40.1 6.4 53.5 100.0 46.5 26.1 894Tertiary 98.7 54.7 4.2 41.1 100.0 58.9 26.4 370Wealth quintileLowest 88.6 30.8 5.5 63.7 100.0 36.3 20.1 785Second 90.5 33.6 5.1 61.3 100.0 38.7 20.9 862Middle 89.2 33.5 5.5 61.0 100.0 39.0 22.1 968Fourth 93.3 36.6 4.9 58.5 100.0 41.5 22.4 1,111Highest 95.4 41.7 3.8 54.5 100.0 45.5 23.3 1,262Total 15-49 91.8 35.8 4.9 59.3 100.0 40.7 21.9 4,987Total 50+ 71.1 15.6 2.4 82.0 100.0 18.0 10.2 6691Includes “don't know/missing”Among the population age 15-49 in Swaziland, 36 percent of women and 17 percent of menreported having ever been tested and receiving test results for HIV at some time. One in five women (22percent) and one in ten men (9 percent) were tested and received the results in the 12 months precedingthe survey. These figures indicate that about half of the population ever tested for HIV were tested in the12 months before the survey.198 | HIV/AIDS-Related Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviour