Table 5 Association between respondents’ socio-demographic characteristics and uptake of hepatitis B vaccine
Variables | Have you been vaccinated against hepatitis B | X2 | df | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | Don’t know | ||||
*Age (year) | ||||||
 <20 | 18 (46.2) | 21 (14.4) | 0 (0.0) | 28.360 | 10 | *0.002 |
 21–25 | 24 (27.3) | 58 (65.9) | 6 (6.8) | |||
 26–30 | 15 (34.9) | 28 (65.1) | 0 (0.0) | |||
 31–35 | 24 (53.3) | 21 (46.7) | 0 (0.0) | |||
 36–40 | 13 (52.0) | 12 (48.0) | 0 (0.0) | |||
 >40 | 14 (70.0) | 6 (30.0) | 0 (0.0) | |||
*Marital status | ||||||
 Single | 59 (34.1) | 108 (62.4) | 6 (3.5) | 16.240 | 4 | *0.003 |
 Married | 49 (57.6) | 36 (42.4) | 0 (0.0) | |||
 Divorced | 0 (0.0) | 2 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | |||
*Gender | ||||||
 Male | 31 (43.1) | 42 (56.0) | 2 (33.3) | 0.060 | 2 | 0.970 |
 Female | 77 (41.6) | 104 (56.2) | 4 (2.2) | |||
*Religion | ||||||
 Islam | 11 (40.7) | 16 (59.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0.752 | 2 | 0.687 |
 Christian | 97 (41.6) | 130 (55.8) | 6 (2.6) | |||
*Ethnicity | ||||||
 Yoruba | 88 (38.9) | 133 (58.8) | 5 (2.2) | 13.414 | 6 | 0.037 |
 Apoi-Ijaw | 8 (66.7) | 4 (33.3) | 0 (0.0) | |||
 Hausa | 3 (60.0) | 1 (20.0) | 1 (20.0) | |||
 Ibo | 9 (52.9) | 8 (47.1) | 0 (0.0) | |||
*Educational status | ||||||
 No formal education | 1 (33.3) | 2 (66.7) | 0 (0.0) | 15.765 | 6 | *0.015 |
 Primary | 0 (0.0) | 2 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | |||
 Secondary | 2 (7.7) | 23 (88.5) | 1 (3.8) | |||
 Tertiary | 105 (45.9) | 119 (52.0) | 5 (2.2) | |||
*Cadre of respondents | ||||||
 Doctor | 14 (60.9) | 7 (30.4) | 2 (8.7) | 37.371 | 16 | *0.002 |
 Pharmacist | 7 (25.0) | 20 (71.4) | 1 (3.6) | |||
 Nurse/midwife | 32 (44.4) | 39 (54.2) | 1 (1.4) | |||
 Lab scientist/technician | 21 (30.9) | 47 (69.1) | 0 (0.0) | |||
 CHO | 6 (75.0) | 2 (25.0) | 0 (0.0) | |||
 CHEW | 20 (62.5) | 10 (31.2) | 2 (6.2) | |||
 Health attendant | 1 (9.1) | 10 (90.0) | 0 (0.0) | |||
 Health information manager | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | |||
 Others | 7 (41.2) | 10 (58.8) | 0 (0.0) | |||
*Years of working experience | ||||||
 1–3 years | 53 (32.9) | 104 (64.6) | 4 (2.5) | 15.697 | 6 | *0.015 |
 4–6 years | 25 (53.2) | 20 (42.6) | 2 (4.3) | |||
 7–9 years | 13 (52.0) | 12 (48.0) | 0 (0.0) | |||
 10 or more year | 17 (63.0) | 10 (37.0) | 0 (0.0) | |||
*Health facility | ||||||
 Teaching hospital | 64 (40.0) | 90 (56.2) | 6 (3.8) | 9.076 | 4 | 0.059 |
 Private hospital | 21 (35.0) | 39 (65.0) | 0 (0.0) | |||
 PHC | 23 (57.5) | 17 (42.5) | 0 (0.0) | |||