Despite notable increase in HIV testing among Ugandaâ??s women from 25% in 2006 to 71% in 2011, HIV testing among\nadolescent women remains very low at 45.5%. This study assesses differences in HIV testing and receipt of results\n(HTR) between adolescent and non-adolescent women in Uganda. The differences were decomposed into components\nattributed to variation in characteristics and variation in effects of characteristics in the two groups. The assessment\nwas based on data sourced from 2011 Uganda Demographic Health Survey. Statistical analysis was done using\na Non-linear Oaxacaâ?? Blinder Multivariate Decomposition of the logistic regression. In the results, the difference in HIV\ntesting and receipt of result between adolescent and non-adolescent women was significantly (P < 0.05) attributed to\nboth variation in characteristics (57.2%) and variation in the effects of characteristics/coefficients (42.8%). In particular,\nthe gap in HTR was mainly attributed to variation in characteristics such as ever had sex (34.7%) and ever given birth\n(31.6%) and variation in effects of characteristics such as education level (-68.8%) and marital status (- 12.6%). Based\non the findings of the study, government and other development partners need to scale up HIV testing programs targeting\nadolescents through tackling stigma, increasing on community outreach services and expanding adolescent\nfriendly HIV services center.
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