Table 1 Socio-demography of subjects with HBsAg positivity
Subject information | HBsAg status | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive (%) | Negative (%) | Total (%) | P-value | ||
24(14.6) | 140(85.4) | 164(100) | |||
Occupation of subjects | Farming | 9(37.5) | 30(21.4) | 39(23.8) | 0.527 |
Teaching | 0(0) | 6(4.3) | 6(3.7) | ||
Trading | 3(12.5) | 26(18.6) | 29(17.7) | ||
Unemployed | 1(4.2) | 12(8.6) | 13(7.9) | ||
Other | 11(45.8) | 66(47.1) | 77(47) | ||
Marital status of subjects | Married | 15(62.5) | 68(48.6) | 83(50.6) | 0.298 |
Single | 9(37.5) | 72(51.4) | 81(49.4) | ||
Religion of subjects | Christian | 16(66.7) | 112(80) | 128(78) | 0.334 |
Islamic | 6(25) | 19(13.6) | 25(15.2) | ||
Traditional | 0(0) | 2(1.4) | 2(1.2) | ||
None | 2(8.3) | 7(5) | 9(5.5) | 0.334 | |
Level of education of subjects | Illiterate | 4(16.7) | 11(7.9) | 15(9.1) | 0.028 |
Junior | 7(29.2) | 56(40) | 63(38.4) | ||
Primary | 9(37.5) | 22(15.7) | 31(18.9) | ||
Secondary | 4(16.7) | 35(25) | 39(23.8) | ||
Tertiary | 0(0) | 16(11.4) | 16(9.8) | ||
Type of housing of subjects | compound | 14(58.3) | 105(75) | 119(72.6) | 0.149 |
Self-contained | 10(41.7) | 35(25) | 45(27.4) | ||
Average income level of subjects | 50 | 0(0) | 10(7.1) | 10(6.1) | 0.208 |
80 | 7(29.2) | 57(40.7) | 64(39.0) | ||
100 | 12(50.0) | 54(38.6) | 66(40.2) | ||