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Table 2 Distribution of HBV among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic by socio demographic characteristics at Felegehiwot referral hospital, May 2018, (n = 338)

From: Risk factors associated with hepatitis B virus infection among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic at Felegehiwot referral hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2018: an institution based cross sectional study

Characteristics

Frequency (%)

Status of HBV of the mothers

Positive N (%)

Negative (%)

Age (years)

 18–20

35 (10.4)

2 (5.7)

33 (94.3)

 21–25

83 (24.6)

3 (3.6)

80 (96.4)

 26–30

152 (45)

8 (5.3)

144 (94.7)

 31–40

68 (20)

3 (4.4)

65 (95.6)

Residence

 Rural

78 (23.1)

7 (9.0)

71 (91.0)

 Urban

260 (76.9)

9 (3.5)

251 (96.5)

Religion

 Orthodox

296 (87.6)

13 (4.4)

283 (95.6)

 Muslim

32 (9.5)

3 (9.4)

29 (90.6)

 Protestant

10 (3)

0 (0.0)

10 (100)

Marital status

 Single

1 (0.3)

0 (0.0)

1 (100)

 Married

327 (96.7)

16 (4.9)

311 (95.1)

 Divorced

10 (3.0)

0 (0.0)

10 (100)

Ethnicity

 Amhara

316 (93.5)

16 (5.1)

300 (94.9

 Oromo

9 (2.7)

0 (0.0)

9 (100)

 Tigre

7 (2.1)

0 (0.0)

7 (100)

 Others

6 (1.8)

0 (0.0)

6 (100)

Occupation

 House wife

163 (48.2)

8 (4.9)

155 (95.1)

 Employed

86 (25.4)

2 (2.3)

84 (97.7)

 Merchant

57 (16.9)

1 (1.8)

56 (98.2)

 Daily laborers

26 (7.7)

5 (19.2)

21 (80.8)

 Student

6 (1.8)

0 (0.0)

6 (100)

Educational level

 No formal education

71 (21.0)

8 (11.3)

63 (88.7)

 Primary

68 (20.1)

4 (5.9)

64 (94.1)

 Secondary

82 (24.3)

1 (1.2)

81 (98.8)

 College and above

117 (34.6)

3 (2.6)

114 (97.4)

Monthly income

 < 1000 ETB

20 (5.9)

1 (5.0)

19 (95.0)

 1000–1500 ETB

32 (9.5)

3 (9.4)

29 (90.6)

 1501–2300 ETB

34 (10.1)

1 (2.9)

33 (97.1)

 > 2300 ETB

252 (74.5)

11 (4.4)

241 (95.6)

Previous place of birth

 Health facility

159 (47)

9 (5.7)

150 (94.3)

 Home

52 (15.4)

4 (7.7)

48 (92.3)

 TBA

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 No birth

127 (37.6)

3 (2.4)

124 (97.6)

No pregnancy

 Primigravida

104 (30.8)

2 (1.9)

102 (98.1)

 Multigravida

212 (62.7)

12 (5.7)

200 (94.3)

 Grand multigravida

22 (6.5)

2 (9.1)

20 (90.9)

HBV vaccination status

 Yes

17 (5)

0 (0.0)

17 (100)

 No

321 (95)

16 (5.0)

305 (95)

Knowledge about way of transmission of HBV

 Yes

41 (12.1)

0 (0.0)

41 (100)

 No

297 (87.9)

16 (5.4)

281 (94.6)