Variable Variable category Frequency Percent With whom you want discuss the HIV test result With husband/partner 189 51.1 With parents 64 17.3 With brother and sister 21 5.6 With friends and neighbor 12 3.2 With health professionals 76 20.5 With no one 8 2.2 Telling positive result for partner Yes 284 76.8 No 86 23.2 Reason for not telling positive result Fear of rejection 5 5.8 Fear of breaking relationship 46 53.5 Fear of physical violence 13 15.1 Fear of not to blamed 16 18.6 Other 6 6.9 Culture prohibit from getting the service Yes 91 24.6 No 279 75.4 Religion prohibit from getting the service Yes 33 8.9 No 337 91.1 Bringing partner for test Yes 288 80 No 72 20

Table 1: Study participants’ sociocultural contexts about HIV/AIDS in North-West Ethiopia, 2014.

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