Research Article
Prevalence and Knowledge of Hepatitis B Virus Infection among Pregnant Women in the Ningo-Prampram District, Ghana
Table 3
Knowledge of HBV infection among pregnant women by sociodemographics.
| | Parameter | Knowledge | | | Poor (%) | Good (%) | Excellent (%) | value |
| | | 165 (77.46) | 34 (15.96) | 14 (6.57) | | | Age | | | | | | <20 | 12 (80.00) | 3 (20.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0.471 | | 20-29 | 103 (76.30) | 21 (15.56) | 11 (8.15) | | | 30-39 | 42 (76.36) | 10 (18.18) | 3 (5.45) | | | ≥40 | 8 (100.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | | | Residence | | | | | | Rural | 153 (80.53) | 27 (14.21) | 10 (5.26) | 0.006 | | Urban | 12 (52.17) | 7 (30.43) | 4 (17.39) | | | Educational status | | | | | | None | 32 (100.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | <0.001 | | Basic | 92 (87.62) | 12 (11.43) | 1 (0.95) | | | Secondary | 34 (64.15) | 15 (28.30) | 4 (7.55) | | | Tertiary | 7 (30.43) | 7 (30.43) | 9 (39.13) | | | Occupation | | | | | | Unemployed | 8 (44.44) | 7 (38.89) | 3 (16.67) | <0.001 | | Formal sector | 8 (36.36) | 7 (31.82) | 7 (31.82) | | | Informal sector | 104 (81.25) | 20 (15.63) | 4 (3.13) | | | Marital status | | | | | | Single | 18 (69.23) | 6 (23.08) | 2 (7.69) | 0.540 | | Married | 93 (75.61) | 21 (17.07) | 9 (7.32) | | | Cohabiting | 54 (84.38) | 7 (10.94) | 3 (4.69) | | | Religion | | | | | | Christian | 153 (77.27) | 32 (16.16) | 13 (6.57) | 0.999 | | Muslim | 10 (76.92) | 2 (15.38) | 1 (7.69) | | | Traditional | 2 (100.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | | | Parity | | | | | | Primiparous | 49 (68.06) | 17 (23.61) | 6 (8.33) | 0.134 | | Multiparous | 99 (81.82) | 14 (11.57) | 8 (6.61) | | | Grand multiparous | 17 (85.00) | 3 (15.00) | 0 (0.00) | | | Gestational period | | | | | | 1st trimester | 22 (34.92) | 8 (12.70) | 33 (52.38) | <0.001 | | 2nd trimester | 75 (81.52) | 11 (11.96) | 6 (6.52) | | | 3rd trimester | 68 (77.27) | 15 (17.05) | 5 (5.68) | |
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Data presented as frequency and percentages in parentheses. value is significant at <0.05. |
