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Table 4 Relationship between socio-demographic characteristics of pregnant women with hepatitis B virus transmission

From: Seroprevalence of hepatitis B surface antigenemia and its effects on hematological parameters in pregnant women in Osogbo, Nigeria

HBsAg

P-value = 0.0913

X2 = 8.006 df = 4

  
 

Occupation

 

Civil Servant

Student

Housewife

Merchant

Medical Personnel

Total

Positive

12

3

0

14

4

33

 

(20.7%)

(16.7%)

(0%)

(12.6%)

(44.4%)

(16.5%)

Negative

46

15

4

97

5

167

 

(79.3%)

(83.3%)

(100%)

(87.4%)

(55.6%)

(83.5%)

Total

58

15

4

111

9

200

 

P-value = 0.493

X2= 0.4707 df = 1

  
 

Family Type

 

Monogamy

 

Polygamy

  

Total

Positive

29

 

4

  

33

 

(15.9%)

 

(22.2%)

  

(16.5%)

Negative

153

 

14

  

167

 

(84.1%)

 

(77.8%)

  

(83.5%)

Total

182

 

18

  

200

 

P-value = 0.2956

X2= 2.4374 df = 2

  
 

Education

 

Primary

 

Post-Primary

 

Tertiary

Total

Positive

7

 

9

 

17

33

 

(25%)

 

(12.3%)

 

(17.2%)

(16.5%)

Negative

21

 

64

 

82

167

 

(75%)

 

(87.7%)

 

(82.8%)

(83.5%)

Total

28

 

73

 

99

200