Research Article
Knowledge and Willingness to Utilize Hepatitis B Preventive Measures among Pregnant Women in Ado-Ekiti, Southwest, Nigeria
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents.
| Characteristics | Frequency | Percentage (%) |
| Age in years | 18–24 | 31 | 8.3 | 25–29 | 113 | 30.3 | 30–34 | 149 | 39.9 | 35–39 | 53 | 14.2 | 40 yrs or more | 27 | 7.2 | Mean, SD: 31.0 ± 5.3 yrs | | |
| Highest education attained | No formal education | 2 | 0.5 | Primary | 3 | 0.8 | Secondary | 29 | 7.8 | Tertiary | 339 | 90.9 |
| Marital status | Married | 368 | 98.7 | Single | 4 | 1.1 | Divorced | 1 | 0.3 |
| Occupation | Professional | 36 | 9.7 | Trader/business | 150 | 40.2 | Artisan | 23 | 6.2 | Unemployed | 40 | 10.7 | Farmer | 3 | 0.8 | Others | 4 | 1.1 |
| Religion | Christianity | 340 | 91.2 | Islam | 33 | 8.8 |
| Tribe | Igbo | 39 | 10.5 | Hausa | 33 | 8.8 | Yoruba | 289 | 77.5 | Others | 12 | 3.2 |
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