Table 3.
Level of Readiness to VCT and Perceptions Towards HIV and VCT among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care Clinics, Debremarkos Town, Amhara Region, North West Ethiopia, 2008 (N=254).
| Variables | Frequency | Percent | Mean | Standard Deviation |
| Readiness To VCT | ||||
| Ready | 113 | 44.5 | 2.787 | 0.982 |
| Not ready | 141 | 55.5 | ||
| Perceived susceptibility | ||||
| High | 93 | 36.6 | 2.632 | 0.783 |
| Low | 161 | 63.4 | ||
| Perceived Severity | ||||
| High | 169 | 66.5 | 3.462 | 0.878 |
| Low | 85 | 33.5 | ||
| Perceived threat | ||||
| High | 111 | 43.7 | 2.994 | 0.646 |
| Low | 143 | 56.3 | ||
| Perceived benefit | ||||
| High | 173 | 68.1 | 3.385 | 0.88 |
| Low | 81 | 31.9 | ||
| Perceived barrier | ||||
| High | 199 | 78.3 | 3.664 | 0.819 |
| Low | 55 | 21.7 | ||
| Perceived self efficacy | ||||
| High | 166 | 65.4 | 3.377 | 1.09 |
| Low | 88 | 34.6 | ||
| Cues to action | ||||
| High | 119 | 46.9 | 2.906 | 0.894 |
| Low | 135 | 53.1 |