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Table 4 Reasons for not using VCT services (n = 60)

From: Factors influencing uptake of voluntary counselling and testing services for HIV/AIDS in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality (LMKM) in the Eastern Region of Ghana: a cross-sectional household survey

Response

Frequency (n)

Percentage (%)

Stigmatisation of HIV/AIDS

32

53.0

Unaware of VCT services

19

32.0

No need, HIV/AIDS cannot be cured

3

5.0

I engage in only protected sex

2

3.0

I cannot contract HIV/AIDS

1

2.0

Test results are unreliable

1

2.0

Being positive will hasten my death

2

3.0

  1. Notes: results by description analyses