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Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of the study participants

From: Seroprevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen and anti HCV antibody and its associated risk factors among pregnant women attending maternity ward of Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital, northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Parameter   Frequency Percent
  n = 384 (%)
Age group (years) 15–19 5 1.3
20–24 108 28.1
25–29 176 45.8
30–34 62 16.1
35–39 26 6.8
40–44 7 1.8
Marital status Married 358 93.2
Single 21 5.5
Separated 5 1.3
Residential area Urban 340 88.5
Rural 44 11.5
Educational Status Illiterate 43 11.2
Read and write 103 26.8
Secondary school 116 30.2
  College and above 122 31.8
Occupation Daily laborer 17 4.4
House wife 162 42.2
Privately employed 83 21.6
Gov’t employee 111 28.9
Other 11 3.4
Monthly income (Birr) <500 74 19.3
500–1000 88 21.6
>1000 222 59.1
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