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Table 4 Pearson’s correlation coefficients (r) for practicing HIV prevention behavior among FSWs in Dima district, Southwest Ethiopia, 2019 (N = 449)

From: Does the perception of HIV risk among Female sex workers affect HIV prevention behavior? application of the Health Belief Model (HBM)

Variables

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Prevention behavior

1

      

Perceived susceptibility

-.035

1

     

Perceived severity

-.070

.372a

1

    

Perceived benefit

.020

.185a

.211a

1

   

Perceived barrier

-.147**

.222a

.298a

.056

1

  

Perceived efficacy

.097*

.163a

.232a

.425a

.158a

1

 

Cues to action

-.012

.189a

.301a

.383a

.189a

.394a

1

  1. aCorrelation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)
  2. bCorrelation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)