TABLE 1.
Results
| Predisposing factors | |
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| Age, years, mean ± SD | 48.76±17.489 |
| Sex | |
| Female | 238 (69.8) |
| Male | 103 (30.2) |
| Married | |
| Yes | 239 (70.7) |
| Other | 99 (29.3) |
| Has at least 1 child | 243 (71.1) |
| Education level | |
| No formal education | 6 (1.9) |
| Home/primary school | 79 (24.8) |
| High school | 145 (45.5) |
| College/university | 82 (25.7) |
| Graduate/professional | 7 (2.2) |
| Enabling and impeding factors | |
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| Birthplace | |
| Canada | 18 (5.4) |
| Immigrants (first generation): | 317 (94.6) |
| China | 229 (68.4) |
| Vietnam | 48 (14.3) |
| Hong Kong | 22 (6.6) |
| Taiwan | 4 (1.2) |
| Other | 14 (4.2) |
| Citizenship/residency status | |
| Canadian-born | 18 (5.5) |
| Immigrant: Citizen | 181 (55.2) |
| Immigrant: Permanent resident | 120 (36.6) |
| Immigrant: Nonpermanent resident/other | 9 (2.7) |
| Years in Canada, mean ± SD | 14.66±12.044 |
| English ability (range 1–5), mean ± SD | 2.408±1.259 |
| Has a family doctor | 323 (95.8) |
| HBV knowledge score (range 0–15), mean ± SD | 10.13±1.764 |
| HBV Stigma score (range 20–100), mean ± SD | 54.598±14.176 |
| Need factors | |
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| Knows someone with HBV infection | 105 (31.8) |
| Health behaviour | |
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| Known previous screening for HBV infection | 186 (54.9) |
Data presented as n (%) unless otherwise indicated. HBV Hepatitis B virus