Table 3.

Prevalance of HEV IgM and IgG markers and potential associated factors.

		IgM HEV			IgG HEV
Educational Level	Frequency (%)	n	Prevalence	p-Value	n	Prevalence	p-Value
None	389 (31.7)	4	1.03	0.4655	32	8.23	0.4017
Primary	375 (30.6)	1	0.27		30	8
Secondary	353 (28.8)	1	0.28		25	7.08
Higher	110 (9)	0	0		4	3.64
Marital status
unspecified	31 (2.5)	0	0	0.9999	2	6.45	< 0.0001
Single	65 (5.2)	0	0		7	10.77
Maried	1130 (92)	6	0.53		82	7.26
Divorced or widowed	1 (0.08)	0	0		0	0
Regular income (paid work)
unspecified	47 (3.8)	0	0	1	1	2.13	0.0043
Yes	229 (18.7)	1	0.44		12	5.24
No	951 (77.5)	5	0.53		78	8.2
Access to the potable water supply service
unspecified	31 (2.5)	1	3.23	0.1958	2	6.45	0.4001
Occasionally	10 (0.8)	0	0		0	0
Yes	962 (78.4)	4	0.42		78	8.11
No	224 (18.3)	1	0.45		11	4.91
Access to sanitation services (Adequate toilets, appropriate wastewater disposal system)
unspecified	18 (1.5)	0	0	1	2	11.11	0.0006
Occasionally	5 (0.4)	0	0		0	0
Yes	1058 (86.2)	6	0.57		87	8.22
No	146 (11.9)	0	0		2	1.37
Disinfection of food products that are not wrapped and hand-handled (examples: Vegetables, fruits, etc.)
unspecified	32 (2.6)	0	0	1	2	6.25	0.5984
Occasionally	60 (4.9)	0	0		6	10
Yes	981 (79.9)	6	0.61		75	7.65
No	154 (12.5)	0	0		8	5.19
Systematic hand washing
unspecified	20 (1.6)	0	0	0.4406	2	10	0.1950
Occasionally	6 (0.5)	0	0		0	0
Yes	1114 (90.8)	5	0.45		87	7.81
No	87 (7.1)	1	1.15		2	2.3