Table 4 Association between respondents’ socio-demographic characteristics and the knowledge of an effective vaccine against hepatitis B
Variables | Is there an effective vaccine against hepatitis B | X2 | df | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | Don’t know | ||||
*Age (year) | ||||||
 <20 | 37 (94.6) | 1 (2.6) | 1 (2.6) | 29.817 | 10 | *0.001 |
 21–25 | 82 (93.2) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (6.8) | |||
 26–30 | 33 (76.7) | 7 (16.3) | 3 (7.0) | |||
 31–35 | 42 (93.3) | 2 (4.4) | 1 (2.2) | |||
 36–40 | 18 (72.0) | 5 (20.0) | 2 (8.0) | |||
 >40 | 20 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |||
*Gender | ||||||
 Male | 69 (92.0) | 4 (5.3) | 2 (2.7) | 1.273 | 2 | 0.529 |
 Female | 163 (88.1) | 11 (5.9) | 11 (5.9) | |||
*Educational status | ||||||
 No formal education | 3 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 24.193 | 6 | *<0.001 |
 Primary | 2 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |||
 Secondary | 18 (69.2) | 7 (26.9) | 1 (3.8) | |||
 Tertiary | 209 (91.3) | 8 (3.5) | 12 (5.2) | |||
*Cadre of respondents | ||||||
 Doctor | 23 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 45.938 | 16 | *<0.001 |
 Pharmacist | 24 (85.7) | 3 (10.7) | 1 (3.6) | |||
 Nurse/midwife | 65 (90.3) | 2 (2.8) | 5 (6.9) | |||
 Lab scientist/technician | 63 (92.6) | 5 (7.4) | 0 (0.0) | |||
 CHO | 8 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |||
 CHEW | 30 (93.8) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (6.2) | |||
 Health attendant | 8 (72.7) | 2 (18.2) | 1 (9.1) | |||
 Health information manager | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100.0) | |||
 Others | 11 (64.7) | 3 (17.6) | 3 (17.6) | |||
*Years of working experience | 3.614 | 6 | 0.729 | |||
 1–3 years | 144 (89.4) | 8 (5.0) | 9 (5.6) |  |  |  |
 4–6 years | 42 (89.4) | 2 (4.3) | 3 (6.4) | |||
 7–9 years | 22 (88.0) | 2 (8.0) | 1 (4.0) | |||
 10 or more year | 24 (88.9) | 3 (11.1) | 0 (0.0) | |||
*Health facility | 2.802 | 4 | 0.592 | |||
 Teaching hospital | 141(88.1) | 10 (6.2) | 9 (5.6) |  |  |  |
 Private hospital | 53 (88.3) | 3 (5.0) | 4 (6.7) | |||
 PHC | 38 (95.0) | 2 (5.0) | 0 (0.0) | |||