Ziraba et al. BMC Public Health 2011, 11:663 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/11/663 Page 6 of 10 Table 2 Percentage distribution of HIV testing status: Future testing intentions, unmet testing need, CITC and PITC by socio-demographic characteristics Total Number Never tested Does not want test, N = 153 Ever tested Wants to test, N = 1,336 CITC, N = 986 PITC, N = 687 443 732 662 493 383 244 161 44 1,998 1,164 2,062 323 777 1,756 1,406 981 493 567 663 458 119 2,015 952 23 53 441 611 684 683 743 2820 342 3,162 3.6 4.0 3.9 4.7 7.6 7.8 5.0 6.8 3.9 6.5 5.2 4.3 4.0 5.6 3.9 5.4 5.9 4.4 3.0 5.7 8.4 4.6 4.6 4.4 9.4 4.5 6.4 4.0 4.8 4.6 5.11 2.63 4.8 60.1 34.6 34.1 38.5 44.7 48.4 55.9 50.0 34.4 55.8 37.8 32.2 58.3 43.1 41.2 39.1 46.9 43.9 43.7 39.7 35.3 44.1 40.2 17.4 35.9 45.4 41.2 45.8 38.7 41.3 42.84 37.43 42.3 21.0 35.3 36.1 34.3 29.2 25.0 24.8 31.8 32.5 28.9 30.7 43.0 27.7 30.8 31.7 34.4 28.2 30.9 32.9 25.6 28.6 29.7 34.4 56.5 26.4 32.7 32.9 29.0 31.3 30.8 30.71 35.09 31.2 15.4 26.2 25.8 22.5 18.5 18.9 14.3 11.4 29.2 8.9 26.3 20.4 10.0 20.6 23.2 21.1 19.1 20.8 20.4 29.0 27.7 21.6 20.8 21.7 28.3 17.5 19.5 21.4 25.2 23.3 21.35 24.85 21.7 Variables Age group <20 yrs 20-24 yrs 25-29 yrs 30-34 yrs 35-39 yrs 40-44 yrs 45-49 yrs 50+ yrs Gender Female Male Marital status Married Divorced/separated/widowed Never married Residence Korogocho Viwandani Ethnicity Kikuyu Luhya Luo Kamba Others Education No schooling Primary Secondary Higher Don’t know Wealth Index Poorest 20% 2nd 3rd 4th Richest 20% Mobility Index Not highly mobile Highly mobile Total challenges that are faced by slum residents with regard to the access and utilization of health care services. In the sub-Saharan region, Kenya has one of the highest propor- tions of individuals who have ever tested for HIV with about 70% of urban women and 52% of rural women having ever tested. The corresponding figure for Uganda stands at 40.7% for urban women and 21.6% for rural women, while for Tanzania 24.7% of urban women and only 7.1% of rural women have ever tested [10,32,33]. Our study showed that a substantial proportion of those who