Male Partner’s Involvement in HIV Counselling and Testing and Associated Factors among Partners of Pregnant Women in Gondar Town, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 3

Level of involvement of partners of pregnant women towards HCT in Gondar town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2013.

Variables	Frequency	Percentage (%)
Discussed about HCT with their wife
Yes	278	66.8
No	138	33.2
Willingness to visit PMTCT clinic with his wife
Yes	288	69.2
No	128	30.8
Visited PMTCT clinic with his wife
Yes	212	51
No	204	49
Involved in counselling only
Yes	174	41.8
No	242	58.2
Involved for both counselling and testing
Yes	167	40.1
No	249	59.9
Reasons for partners involvement ()
Feel responsibility	100	59.9
Initiated by provider	65	38.9
Initiated by wife	44	26.3
Reasons for partners noninvolvement ()
Work overload	131	52.6
Fear of acquiring the virus	116	46.6
Confidentiality issue	47	18.9
Fear of inaccurate test result	12	4.8