Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of participants and prevalence of viral hepatitis infection infection
| Variable | N (%) (n = 168) |
| Age group n (%) | |
| 10–14 | 2 (1.2) |
| 15–19 | 12 (7.1) |
| 20–24 | 43 (25.6) |
| 25–29 | 55 (32.7) |
| 30–34 | 30 (17.9) |
| 35–40 | 26 (15.5) |
| Education n (%) | |
| None | 15 (8.9) |
| Primary | 105 (62.5) |
| Secondary | 24 (14.3) |
| Tertiary | 24 (14.3) |
| Occupation n (%) | |
| None | 30 (17.9) |
| Formal | 17 (10.1) |
| Informal | 121 (72.0) |
| Hepatitis Status n (%) | |
| HBV | |
| Positive | 16 (9.5) |
| Negative | 152 (90.5) |
| HCV | |
| Positive | 13 (7.7) |
| Negative | 155 (92.3) |
| HBV + HCV | |
| Positive | 1 (0.6) |
| Negative | 167 (99.4) |
HBV=hepatitis B virus;HCV=hepatitis C virus