Table 6 Associations between socio-demographic variables and hepatitis b seropositivity
From: Hepatitis B virus sero-prevalence amongst pregnant women in the Gambia
Variable | Hepatitis Status | Total | X2 | P - value (Fisher’s Exact Test) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sero Positive | Sero Negative | ||||
Age (years) | |||||
 21 and less | 0 | 58 |  | 21.958 | Less than 0.001 |
 22 to 26 | 4 | 115 |  | ||
 27 to 31 | 16 | 115 | 422 | ||
 32 to 36 | 10 | 70 |  | ||
 37 and older | 8 | 26 |  | ||
Marital Status | |||||
 Married | 33 | 354 | 387 | 186 | 0.911 |
 Single/separated | 2 | 18 | 20 | ||
Vaccination | |||||
 Likely | 4 | 170 |  | 16.249 | less than .001 |
 Unlikely | 34 | 214 |  | ||
Occupation | |||||
 Civil servant | 9 | 67 |  | 10.242 | 0.037 |
 Trader | 11 | 54 |  | ||
 Farmer | 2 | 20 |  | ||
 Unemployed | 12 | 206 |  | ||
 Student | 0 | 10 |  | ||
Miscarriage | |||||
 0 | 28 | 287 |  | 13.506 | 0.036 |
 1 | 5 | 70 |  | ||
 2 | 3 | 14 |  | ||
 3 | 2 | 9 |  | ||
 4 | 0 | 3 |  | ||
 5 | 1 | 0 |  | ||
Sexual Partner(s) | |||||
 1 | 23 | 280 | 4.936 |  | 0.026 |
 > 1 | 7 | 32 | |||
Drug Reaction | |||||
 yes | 5 | 19 | 4.077 |  | 0.043 |
 no | 3 | 364 | |||
Anaemia Status | |||||
 Anaemia | 6 | 18 | 6.823 |  | 0.009 |
 No anaemia | 28 | 297 | |||