| Statement | Variable (Assigned score) | Number of respondents | Positive attitude score | Percentage |
| Ever involved in premarital counselling on SCD | Yes (1) | 36 | 0.122 | 12.2 |
| No | 259 | |||
| Did you or your partner know your sickling status before marriage or first child? | Yes (1) | 80 | 0.271 | 27.1 |
| No | 215 | |||
| Do you currently know your sickling status | Yes (1) | 185 | 0.627 | 62.7 |
| No | 110 | |||
| Do you currently know your spouses’ sickling status | Yes (1) | 147 | 0.498 | 49.8 |
| No | 148 | |||
| When did you get to know your spouse sickling status | Before marriage (1) | 72 | 0.244 | 24.4 |
| After marriage | 75 | |||
| Not yet known | 148 | |||
| Will you marry spouse if both of you have SCT | Yes | 65 | 0.78 | 78.0 |
| No (1) | 230 | |||
| Do you know your children’s status (n = 244) | Yes (1) | 93 | 0.381 | 38.1 |
| No | 151 | |||
| Mean attitude score (7) |
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| 2.857 | 40.8 |