Community views about routine HIV testing and antiretroviral treatment in Botswana: signs of progress from a cross sectional study

Table 8 Knowledge and perceptions about ARVs

	Weighted % respondents	Unweighted % respondents	Fraction of respondents
Have heard of ART for HIV/AIDS	93.7	93.6	1427/1525
Believe ART can help someone with AIDS
• People in their community	86.3	86.5	1321/1528
• Themselves	93.8	94.2	1441/1530
Would advise someone with AIDS to take ART	91.0	90.8	1391/1532
Talk about ART with the family
• Often	31.3	31.1	475/1529
• Seldom	27.8	27.6	422/1529
• Never	41.0	41.3	632/1529

The denominator numbers indicate the number of respondents who gave information for each variable out of the total 1536 respondents

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