Table 3.
Sociodemographic characteristic and hepatitis knowledge score
| Sociodemographic characteristics | Overall knowledge score | p value | Hepatitis type | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HBV knowledge score | p value | HCV knowledge score | p value | |||
| All sample | 999 | 499 | 500 | |||
| Age (correlation) | −0.08 | 0.009 | −0.06 | 0.217 | 0.2166 | 0.321 |
| Sex | ||||||
| Female | 5.4 | 0.060 | 6.0 | 0.916 | 5.0 | 0.044 |
| Male | 5.7 | 6.0 | 5.5 | |||
| Religion | ||||||
| Hindu | 5.7 | 0.119 | 6.0 | 0.1660 | 5.2 | 0.13 |
| Muslim | 5.1 | 5.5 | 4.5 | |||
| Sikh | 5.1 | 4.6 | 5.4 | |||
| Christian | 6.0 | 6.2 | 5.9 | |||
| Other | 6.4 | 6.3 | 6.7 | |||
| Duration of hepatitisa | ||||||
| Less than 1 year | 5.4 | <0.001 | 5.7 | <0.001 | 5.1 | <0.001 |
| 2–5 years | 6.2 | 6.6 | 5.9 | |||
| >5 years | 6.6 | 7 | 6.0 | |||
| Refused/DK | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.1 | |||
| Healthcare practice type | ||||||
| Private practice | 6.1 | <0.001 | 6.4 | <0.001 | 5.7 | <0.001 |
| Community clinic | 5.0 | 5.6 | 4.4 | |||
| Government program | 5.0 | 5.3 | 4.8 | |||
| Refused/missing | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.9 | |||
| Geographic region of India | ||||||
| North | 5.5 | 0.516 | 5.6 | 0.178 | 5.4 | 0.012 |
| South | 5.8 | 6.1 | 5.4 | |||
| West | 5.5 | 6.3 | 4.7 | |||
| East | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | |||
| Family history of hepatitisa | ||||||
| Yes | 6.5 | <0.001 | 6.9 | <0.001 | 6.0 | 0.018 |
| No/Ref/DK | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.2 | |||
| Family death due to hepatitisa | ||||||
| Yes | 6.7 | <0.001 | 7.0 | <0.001 | 6.2 | 0.035 |
| No/Ref/DK | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.2 | |||
| Community awareness of hepatitisa | ||||||
| Yes | 6.2 | <0.001 | 6.7 | <0.001 | 5.8 | <0.001 |
| No/Ref/DK | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.1 | |||
* p values were calculated using analysis of variance for categorical sociodemographic characteristics and Pearson correlations for continuous variables
aFor HBV respondents, questions were asked in reference to HBV; for HCV respondents, questions were asked in reference to HCV