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

Table 3 Seroprevalence of HBsAg in relation to socio demographic characteristics

Parameter	Level	HBV status				Df	Chi-square	p-value
		Negative		Positive
		Count	Percentage	Count	Percentage
Age (years)	15–19	5	100.0	0	0.0
	20–24	106	98.1	2	1.9
	25–29	167	94.6	9	5.1
	30–34	56	91.9	5	8.1	5	6.872	0.23
	35–39	27	100.0	0	0.0
	40–44	6	85.7	1	14.3
Marital status	Married	343	95.8	15	4.2	2	1.568	0.456
	Single	19	90.5	2	9.5
	Separated	5	100.0	0	0.0
Residential area	Urban	324	95.3	16	4.7	1	0.505	0.477
Residential area	Rural	43	97.3	1	2.3
Educational status	Illiterate	42	97.7	1	2.3	3	0.96	0.811
	Read and write	97	94.2	6	5.8
	Secondary school	111	95.7	5	4.3
	College and above	117	95.9	5	4.1
Occupation	Daily laborer	16	94.1	1	5.9
	House wife	158	97.5	4	2.5	4	2.87	0.58
	Privately employee	78	94.0	5	6.0
	Gov’t employee	105	94.6	6	5.4
	Others	10	90.9	1	9.1
Monthly income	<500	69	93.2	5	6.8
	500–100	83	94.3	5	5.7	2	2.128	0.345
	>1000	215	96.8	7	3.2
Parity status	Primigravidae	163	97.6	4	2.4	2	3.385	0.184
	Gravidae two	112	94.9	6	5.1
	Multigravidae	92	92.9	7	7.1
Gestational Age	First trimester	39	100.0	0	0.0
	2nd trimester	126	92.6	10	7.4	2	5.13	0.077
	3rd trimester	202	96.7	7	3.3

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