Table 3: Reported reasons respondents would or would not be willing to participate in a CHTC session.

  N1 %
Reasons why Participations Would Likely Use CHTC2
We would both know each other's HIV status 161 68
To support each other 141 59
Would strengthen us as a couple 119 50
I would be confident that I knew his or her HIV status 100 42
Would give us a chance to talk about rules for our relationship 78 33
To protect myself if my partner is positive 75 32
To protect my partner if I am positive 67 28
It would help to have a counselor if one of us was positive 58 24
If we were both negative, we could stop using condoms 24 10
Some other reason 12 5
Reasons why Participants Would Not Likely Use CHTC3
Don't need to be tested 100 59
I am in a monogamous relationship 92 54
I am not at risk for HIV 60 36
My partner is not at risk for HIV 56 33
I would rather learn my own status first, then tell my partner 38 22
Some other reason 25 15
The counselor could ask me questions that I wouldn't want to answer with my partner there 17 10
My partner would not want to be tested together, even if I wanted to be tested together 12 7
Would be hard to schedule time together 12 7
I don't want my partner to know my HIV status 5 3
Afraid my partner might be positive 3 2
Afraid I might be positive 4 2
I don't want to know my partner's HIV status 0 0

1 Participants were instructed to select all that apply, so multiple responses were allowed. 2 Among those who reported being somewhat or very likely to use CHTC. 3 Among those who reported being somewhat or very unlikely to use CHTC.