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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants, overall and according to site of recruitment.

From: Correlates of hepatitis B awareness and disease-specific knowledge among pregnant women in Northern and Central Uganda: a cross-sectional study

Characteristic

Total Nā€‰=ā€‰455

North Nā€‰=ā€‰155 (34.1%)

Central Nā€‰=ā€‰300 (65.9%)

p-value*

Age (years)Median (IQR)

Ā 

18-45

18-42

18-45

Ā 

Age group (years), n (%)

<20

65 (14.4)

22 (14.2)

43 (14.4)

0.477

Ā 

20-24

174 (38.4)

54 (34.8)

120 (40.3)

Ā 

>24

214 (47.2)

79 (51.0)

135 (45.3)

Education level, n (%)

ā‰¤Primary

156 (34.7)

57 (36.8)

99 (33.6)

0.496

Ā 

ā‰„Secondary

294 (65.3)

98 (63.2)

196 (66.4)

Region of birth, n (%)

North

136 (30.0)

129 (83.8)

7 (2.34)

<ā€‰0.001

Ā 

Central

168 (37.1)

2 (1.3)

166 (55.5)

Ā 

Other

149 (32.9)

23 (14.9)

126 (42.1)

Marital status, n (%)

Single/divorced

24 (5.2)

5 (3.25)

19 (6.3)

<ā€‰0.001

Ā 

Monogamy

209 (46.0)

130 (84.4)

79 (26.3)

Ā 

Polygamy

122 (48.7)

19 (12.3)

202 (67.3)

Religion, n (%)

Catholic

157 (34.5)

66 (42.6)

91 (30.3)

0.002

Ā 

Protestant

204 (44.8)

52 (33.5)

152 (50.7)

Ā 

Islam/other

94 (20.7)

37 (23.9)

57 (19.0)

  1. *p-value =chi-square