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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the sample, KABP survey, France, 2010

From: Hepatitis B knowledge, perceptions and practices in the French general population: the room for improvement

 

n 1

% 2

Gender

  

 Men

4,074

48.9

 Women

4,940

51.1

Age (in years)

  

 18–30

2,130

24.6

 31–44

2,909

33.2

 45–54

1,916

22.8

 55-69

2,058

19.4

Educational Level

  

 No educational qualification

989

11.2

 CAP/BEP/BEPC (vocational diplomas)

2,744

31.9

 Secondary school certificate

1,687

19.1

 Higher education qualification

3,573

37.8

Net monthly income per household

  

 <2,000 €

2,821

31.0

 2,000–2,999 € 

2,696

29.9

 ≥ 3,000 € 

3 311

37.0

 Did not wish to share this information/ Did not know

186

2.1

Area of residence

  

 Outside the Ile-de-France administrative district

6,598

80.6

 Ile-de-France administrative district (which includes Paris)

2,416

19.4

Living in a couple or a stable relationship

  

 No

2,117

21.9

 Yes

6,883

78.1

HBV endemicity in country of birth3

  

 Low

8,120

90.6

 Intermediate

667

7.1

 High

224

2.3

Intravenous drug use in one’s lifetime

  

 No

8,962

99.4

 Yes

52

0.6

Total

9,014

100

  1. 1 raw data. Some data were missing for age (n = 1), educational level (n = 21), living in couple or a stable relationship (n = 14) and country of birth (n = 3).
  2. 2 weighted and adjusted data.
  3. 3 Countries with a low level of endemicity (prevalence of HBsAg <2%): Metropolitan France, Northern and Western European countries, North America, Pacific Islands; countries with an intermediate level of endemicity (prevalence of HBsAg between 2 and 8%): French Overseas Administrative Districts and territories, Eastern and Southern Europe, North Africa, the Middle-East, the Indian subcontinent, South America; countries with a high level of endemicity (prevalence of HBsAg > 8%): Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia.