Table 2.

Pre- and post-HCV knowledge scores of the demographic variables (n = 306).

CHARACTERISTICS	PRE-TEST HCV KNOWLEDGE	T-TEST/F TEST STATISTICS	PRE-TEST HCV KNOWLEDGE	T-TEST/F TEST STATISTICS
Gender		−1.11		−1.86
Male	3.13 (2.52)		5.56 (2.58)
Female	3.47 (2.74)		6.11 (2.52)
Years lived in Vietnam		2.11		1.13
<=20 years	2.87 (2.77)		5.35 (3.10)
21–30 years	3.00 (2.40)		5.89 (2.41)
31–40 years	3.51 (2.88)		5.84 (2.36)
>40 years	3.94 (2.60)		6.27 (2.24)
Missing	3.04 (2.62)		5.81 (2.74)
Education grade		0.56		2.00
Less than high school	3.11 (2.86)		6.24 (2.47)
High school graduate	3.44 (2.40)		6.00 (2.45)
University or above	3.55 (2.92)		5.72 (2.86)
Missing	3.02 (2.53)		5.10 (2.45)
Household income		3.31*		0.26
Less than $10,000	3.93 (2.73)		5.81 (2.69)
$10,000–$20,000	3.48 (2.45)		6.20 (2.24)
$20,000–$30,000	2.55 (2.55)		5.68 (2.95)
Above $30,000	2.61 (2.39)		5.78 (2.54)
Missing	2.91 (2.58)		5.91 (2.43)
Language spoken by physician		8.96**		2.21
Vietnamese	3.99 (2.61)		6.19 (2.33)
English or both	2.74 (2.60)		5.52 (2.91)
Missing	2.73 (2.44)		5.83 (2.22)
Language spoken at home		1.45		2.37*
Vietnamese	3.42 (2.63)		6.02 (2.46)
English or both	2.80 (2.70)		5.07 (2.96)
Social cultural gatherings		1.98*		1.52
Yes	3.49 (2.64)		6.01 (2.49)
No, not at all	2.80 (2.61)		5.50 (2.74)
Family history of HCV		10.82**		2.63
No	3.26 (2.73)		6.51 (1.77)
Yes	3.97 (2.61)		6.00 (2.45)
Don’t know	2.50 (2.45)		5.51 (2.86)
Age		−2.64*		−1.83
Below 50 years old	2.91 (2.56)		5.61 (2.71)
50 years old or above	3.70 (2.68)		6.14 (2.39)
Overall knowledge score	3.23 (2.65)	–	5.88 (2.56)	–
Overall change of knowledge score	2.56 (3.01)	–		–

Notes:

^*P < 0.05 and

^**P < 0.01.