Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants of a survey of HBsAg prevalence among pregnant women in Buea Health District

AGE (years)

 < 30

139

79

 ≥ 30

37

21

Education

 Informal

1

0.6

 Primary

33

19.3

 Secondary

89

52.0

 Tertiary

48

28.1

Employment

 Unemployed

44

25.3

 Employed

94

54.0

 Student

36

20.7

Marital Status

 Unmarried

61

35.1

 Monogamy

108

62.1

 Polygamy

5

2.9

Gestational age

 First trimester

10

6.1

 Second trimester

49

29.9

 Third trimester

105

64.0

Parity

 Primipara (1)

55

31.8

 Multipara (2–4)

101

58.4

 Grand multipara (>4)

17

9.8