Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of Patients HCV positive and their Contacts.

Variables	HCV patients	Contacts		p *
		HCV positive	HCV negative
Age (standard deviation)	55,77 (15,197)	50,52 (18,81)	39,13 (19,05)	0,07
Gender
Males	105 (60.0%)	8 (34,8%)	93 (42,5%)	0,447
Females	70 (40,0%)	15 (65,2%)	126 (57,5%)
Province of residence
Caserta	15 (8,6%)
Frosinone	43 (24,6%)
Latina	117 (65,4%)
Occupational Activity
Manager	5 (2,9%)	1 (4,3%)	17 (7,8%)	0,072
Non Manual skilled	31 (17,7%)	1 (4,3%)	35 (16,1%)
Manual skilled	73 (41,7%)	10 (43,5%)	79 (36,2%)
Unemployed/Student	12 (6,9%)	4 (17,4%)	61 (28,0%)
Retired from work	54 (30,9%)	7 (30,4%)	26 (11,9%)

* p value refers to tests of significance within the contacts' group