Table 1.

The residence, age and caste/ethnicity of the HBsAg sero-positive mothers

Characteristics	Number (N = 25) and Percentage
	n	%
Residence (VDCs)
Chharka	5	20
Dho	8	32
Mukot	4	16
Saldang	4	16
Tinje	4	16
Age
19–24 Years	2	8
25–29 Years	8	32
30–34 Years	7	28
35 Years and higher	8	32
Mean	32.04
Range	19–46
Cast/ethnicity
Gurung/Lama (Indigenous)	21	84
Rokaya/Budha	3	12
BK	1	4