Research Article
Prevalence of Hepatitis B Viral Infection in Pregnant Women at the Suhum Municipality, Ghana
Table 1
Sociodemographic, gynaecological, and obstetric history of the respondents.
| Variable | Frequency, (%) |
| Age group (years) | | <20 | 20 (14.8) | 20-24 | 29 (21.5) | 25-29 | 34 (25.2) | 30-34 | 30 (22.2) | 35-39 | 15 (11.1) | ≥40 | 7 (5.2) | Level of education | | Primary | 17 (12.6) | JHS | 69 (51.1) | SHS | 37 (27.4) | Tertiary | 12 (8.9) | Occupation status | | Employed | 100 (74.1) | Unemployed | 35 (25.9) | Religious affiliation | | Christian | 121 (89.6) | Islam | 14 (10.4) | Marital status | | Cohabitating | 10 (7.4) | Married | 59 (43.7) | Single | 66 (48.9) | Knowledge of HBV | | Knowledgeable | 17 (12.6) | Nonknowledgeable | 118 (87.4) | Trimester of pregnancy | | 1 | 63 (46.7) | 2 | 57 (42.2) | 3 | 15 (11.1) | No. of pregnancies | | 1 | 34 (25.2) | 2-3 | 69 (51.1) | 4-5 | 23 (17.0) | 6-9 | 9 (6.7) | Child birth history | | 0 | 40 (29.6) | 1-2 | 74 (54.8) | 3-5 | 21 (15.6) | Pregnancies lost | | 0 | 105 (77.8) | 1 | 23 (17.0) | ≥2 | 7 (5.2) |
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The data is presented as frequencies, (%). |