Table 2.

Distribution of Participants’ Knowledge on Hepatitis B Virus.

Variables	Frequencies	Percentages
Heard of Hep B
Yes	350	97.8
No	8	2.2
Source
Print media
Yes	18	5
No	340	95
School
Yes	217	60.6
No	141	39.4
Radio/TV
Yes	72	20.1
No	286	79.9
Friends/Neighbor
Yes	14	3.9
No	344	96.1
Health worker
Yes	78	21.8
No	280	78.2
Cause
Bacteria	17	4.7
Virus	280	78.2
Fungi	5	1.4
Don’t know	56	15.6
Transmission routes
Sex
Yes	235	65.6
No	68	19.0
Don’t know	55	15.4
Blood transfusion
Yes	285	79.6
No	35	9.8
Don’t know	38	10.6
Sharing of towel
Yes	177	49.4
No	101	28.2
Don’t know	80	22.3
Air
Yes	68	19.0
No	224	65.6
Don’t know	66	18.4
Faeco-oral
Yes	145	40.5
No	88	24.6
Don’t know	125	34.9
Needle stick injury
Yes	250	69.8
No	30	8.4
Don’t know	78	21.8
Child birth
Yes	207	57.8
No	53	14.8
Don’t know	98	27.4
Holding hands
Yes	99	27.7
No	203	56.7
Don’t know	56	15.6
More infectious than HIV/AIDS
Yes	273	76.3
No	33	9.2
Don’t know	52	14.5
Asymptomatic at acute phase
Yes	114	31.8
No	69	19.3
Don’t know	175	48.9
Jaundice a symptom
Yes	168	46.9
No	50	14.0
Don’t know	140	39.1
Affects other organs
Yes	162	45.3
No	73	20.4
Don’t know	123	34.4
Cirrhosis and liver cancer
Yes	181	50.6
No	12	3.4
Don’t know	165	46.1
Liver inflammation
Yes	252	70.4
No	12	3.4
Don’t know	94	26.3
Carriers as risk
Yes	301	84.1
No	19	5.3
Don’t know	38	10.6
Curability
Yes	184	51.4
No	110	30.7
Don’t know	64	17.9