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Table 13.7.1 Coverage of prior HIV testing: Women<br />

Percentage of women age 15-49 who know where to obtain an HIV test, percent distribution of women by testing status and by whether they received the<br />

results of the last test, percentage of women ever tested, and percentage of women who were tested in the past 12 months and received the results of the<br />

last test, according to background characteristics, <strong>Malawi</strong> DHS <strong>2015</strong>-<strong>16</strong><br />

Background<br />

characteristic<br />

Percentage<br />

who know<br />

where to get<br />

an HIV test<br />

Percent distribution of women by testing status<br />

and by whether they received the results of the<br />

last test<br />

Ever tested<br />

and received<br />

results<br />

Ever tested,<br />

did not receive<br />

results Never tested 1<br />

Total<br />

Percentage<br />

ever tested<br />

Percentage<br />

who have<br />

been tested for<br />

HIV in the past<br />

12 months and<br />

received the<br />

results of the<br />

last test<br />

Number of<br />

women<br />

Age<br />

15-24 92.1 68.2 1.4 30.5 100.0 69.5 42.0 10,422<br />

15-19 87.1 47.7 1.2 51.1 100.0 48.9 31.9 5,263<br />

20-24 97.2 89.0 1.6 9.4 100.0 90.6 52.3 5,159<br />

25-29 97.7 94.6 0.9 4.5 100.0 95.5 52.2 3,953<br />

30-39 97.8 94.0 1.0 5.0 100.0 95.0 46.3 6,592<br />

40-49 96.8 86.2 2.2 11.6 100.0 88.4 34.9 3,596<br />

Marital status<br />

Never married 87.3 45.0 0.8 54.2 100.0 45.8 27.6 5,170<br />

Ever had sex 92.6 65.4 1.1 33.5 100.0 66.5 41.9 2,294<br />

Never had sex 83.2 28.8 0.5 70.7 100.0 29.3 <strong>16</strong>.1 2,877<br />

Married/living together 97.4 92.0 1.5 6.5 100.0 93.5 49.0 <strong>16</strong>,130<br />

Divorced/separated/<br />

widowed 97.1 90.9 1.5 7.6 100.0 92.4 43.4 3,262<br />

Residence<br />

Urban 98.5 86.1 0.9 13.0 100.0 87.0 49.0 4,496<br />

Rural 94.5 81.1 1.4 17.5 100.0 82.5 42.6 20,066<br />

Region<br />

Northern 96.3 85.4 1.2 13.4 100.0 86.6 50.0 2,838<br />

Central 96.0 80.5 1.2 18.2 100.0 81.8 41.6 10,529<br />

Southern 94.2 82.5 1.5 <strong>16</strong>.1 100.0 83.9 44.1 11,194<br />

Education<br />

No education 92.5 82.4 2.1 15.5 100.0 84.5 38.0 2,977<br />

Primary 94.4 80.6 1.5 18.0 100.0 82.0 42.7 15,245<br />

Secondary 98.3 84.0 0.7 15.3 100.0 84.7 48.5 5,598<br />

More than secondary 100.0 94.4 0.4 5.2 100.0 94.8 52.0 742<br />

Wealth quintile<br />

Lowest 93.9 81.9 1.6 <strong>16</strong>.5 100.0 83.5 41.9 4,745<br />

Second 94.7 80.8 1.9 17.3 100.0 82.7 42.9 4,692<br />

Middle 93.9 80.6 1.0 18.4 100.0 81.6 41.7 4,635<br />

Fourth 96.0 82.2 1.4 <strong>16</strong>.3 100.0 83.7 44.7 4,680<br />

Highest 97.2 83.9 0.9 15.3 100.0 84.7 46.8 5,810<br />

Total 95.2 82.0 1.3 <strong>16</strong>.7 100.0 83.3 43.7 24,562<br />

1<br />

Includes ‘don’t know/missing’.<br />

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