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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2003
 
Q52. Not including blood donations, which of these would you say was the main reason for your last HIV test?
Denominator is respondents who have been tested for HIV.

Categories It was required




Someone suggested
you should
be tested

You thought
you may have
gotten HIV
through sex
or drug use
You just wanted
to find out
whether you
had HIV
You were worried
that you could
give HIV to
someone
You were pregnant



It was done
as part of
a routine
medical checkup
Some other
reason



Unk/Ref




Total
% % % % % % % % % N
Age Group: 10.9 3.7 2.5 19.6 1.1 27.0 21.0 13.6 0.6 196
      18-24
      25-34 15.5 1.6 2.6 15.6 0.7 29.1 25.0 9.6 0.4 500
      35-44 17.0 2.7 2.5 15.5 0.3 15.9 28.5 15.8 1.8 481
      45-54 25.8 1.8 1.3 19.4 0.4 1.7 32.2 17.0 0.4 335
      55-64 22.1 2.3 1.7 13.2 0.0 0.3 41.9 17.8 0.6 163
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 7
Sex: 21.5 2.6 3.0 19.3 1.0 0.0 38.3 13.8 0.5 628
      Male
      Female 14.1 2.1 1.6 14.6 0.1 33.0 19.2 14.0 1.2 1,054
Race/Ethnicity: 18.7 2.2 2.4 15.8 0.6 18.3 27.7 13.4 0.8 1,386
      White, Non-Hispanic
      Black, Non-Hispanic 4.9 1.4 2.0 23.3 0.0 11.7 35.4 19.9 1.4 141
      Other/Multiracial,
      Non-Hispanic      
16.1 4.9 1.5 26.4 0.0 17.1 24.8 8.1 1.1 80
      Hispanic 22.8 4.3 0.8 7.8 0.8 29.5 17.7 16.3 0.0 62
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 13
Income Group: 12.2 2.2 2.6 24.5 0.4 22.9 23.1 10.6 1.4 163
      < $15,000
      $15-$24,999 10.8 3.4 4.8 19.3 0.8 20.6 26.7 12.3 1.3 276
      $25-$49,999 14.8 2.4 2.0 18.3 0.5 16.4 28.4 16.2 1.0 514
      $50-$74,999 20.3 0.9 1.2 13.3 0.2 20.7 28.1 15.0 0.2 325
      >=$75,000 29.5 2.3 2.1 11.6 0.2 12.5 29.7 12.2 0.0 279
      Unk/Ref 14.8 3.9 0.4 15.2 2.0 20.6 28.0 13.2 2.0 125
Education Level: 8.5 3.3 3.7 20.9 0.0 16.0 25.9 20.2 1.6 148
      < H S Graduate
      H S Graduate/GED 11.8 3.1 2.0 15.3 1.0 21.5 32.8 11.8 0.5 545
      Some college/Tech
      school
20.3 1.5 2.0 18.7 0.5 17.0 25.6 13.1 1.2 512
      College graduate 24.7 1.9 2.2 14.5 0.3 16.2 24.5 15.1 0.5 477
Marital Status: 21.0 1.4 1.4 12.2 0.8 20.6 29.1 12.5 1.0 896
      Married
      Unmarried 12.7 3.6 3.4 22.7 0.2 15.1 26.0 15.7 0.7 784
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 2
Employment Status: 19.5 2.3 2.3 17.0 0.8 15.6 27.7 14.0 0.8 1,193
      Employed
      Not employed 15.6 3.8 3.5 19.3 0.0 15.6 27.1 14.1 1.0 113
      Student/Homemaker 10.2 1.8 1.7 14.2 0.0 41.8 18.8 10.4 1.0 212
      Retired/Unable to
      work
12.8 2.9 1.4 16.2 0.0 5.4 43.1 17.9 0.3 159
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 5
Grand Totals 17.4 2.4 2.2 16.7 0.5 18.2 27.8 13.9 0.8 1,682

SOURCE: 2003 Indiana BRFSS Statewide Survey Data
 
NOTE:      Percents are based on weighted data; unless otherwise specified, totals are unweighted numbers.
                ***Asterisks indicate too few cases to calculate a reliable percent.

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