Trang Q. Nguyen ¹, Carol A. Ford ², Jay S. Kaufman ¹, Peter A. Leone ¹, Chirayath Suchindran ¹, William C. Miller ^1*

¹ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
² University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: bill_miller{at}unc.edu.

	Abstract

We estimated prevalence and odds ratios on self-reported HIV testing among sexually experienced young adults, i.e., those having ever had vaginal intercourse, using nationally representative data obtained from Wave III of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). The prevalence of testing in the past year was 18.8%. Young adults who had private health insurance or no health insurance were less likely to report testing than were young adults who had public health insurance, particularly in the South. Respondents with functional income were less likely to report testing than were those without functional income, particularly in the South and Northeast. Variable HIV testing based on finances and insurance should be addressed.

Key Words: Epidemiology, Access to Care, HIV/AIDS, Rural Health