Table 4.
Findings on the behavioural skills
| Respondents in this study N = 385 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strongly Agree | Agree | Disagree | Strongly Disagree | |||||
| Statements for Consideration | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % |
| • Confidence on severity of HBV infection and effect of Liver Cancer on career and financial status | 216 | 56.1 | 75 | 19.5 | 69 | 17.9 | 25 | 6.5 |
| • Confidence that early screening for HBV helps in treating and avoiding liver cancer | 174 | 45.2 | 188 | 48.8 | 19 | 4.9 | 4 | 1.0 |
| • Confidence that there will be no worries for me about my babies developing liver cancer at adulthood should I vaccinate him/her | 136 | 35.3 | 91 | 23.6 | 57 | 14.8 | 101 | 26.2 |
| • Confidence that liver infection symptoms is not a necessity for HBV test and vaccination | 124 | 32.2 | 73 | 19.0 | 59 | 15.3 | 129 | 33.5 |
| • Confidence that miscarriage will result from getting vaccinated for HBV during pregnancy | 154 | 40.0 | 66 | 17.1 | 75 | 19.5 | 90 | 23.4 |
| • Confidence of taking my child for all required vaccinations regardless of how far the immunization center is from my residence | 131 | 34.0 | 130 | 33.8 | 69 | 17.9 | 55 | 14.3 |
| • Certainty of going for HBV screening irrespective of the payment it requires | 123 | 31.9 | 159 | 41.3 | 54 | 14.0 | 49 | 12.7 |