Characteristic                                       Frequency                       Percentage(%)      
The types of HIV counseling they used to be tested
VCT    153                                       47.2
PIHCT  171                                       52.8
The duration since tested positive (months)
≤24 67   20.7
25-48 101 31.2
 ≥49    156  48.1
Marital status by the time they know   their HIV status
Married 257 79.3
Single  38 11.7
Divorced    12   3.7
Widowed   17   5.2
Number of sexual partners before tested HIV                    
Single  167        51.5
Multiple  157  48.5
Knowledge of partners sero status before test
Yes 44   13.6
No 280 86.4
History ofcondom use before testing HIV
 Yes    36    11.1
 No 288   88.9
Condom use pattern before testing HIV
Consistently used    14  4.3
  Inconsistently used 22 6.8
  Not used at all 288 88.9
Table 2: sexual behavior of study participants before tested positive, Assela, Arsi zone 2013.