Table 3 Factors associated with hepatitis B and C knowledge, attitude and practice (N = 662)

Gender

Male

191 (49.2)

197 (50.8)

192 (49.5)

196 (50.5)

211 (54.4)

177 (45.6)

288 (74.2)

100 (25.8)

Female

142 (51.8)

132 (48.2)

157 (57.3)

117 (42.7)

152 (55.5)

122 (44.5)

226 (82.5)

48 (17.5)

χ ² = 0.43

p = 0.510

χ ² = 3.94

p = 0.047

χ ² = 0.08

p = 0.781

χ ² = 6.30

p = 0.012

Faculty

Sciences

156 (55.3)

126 (44.7)

160 (56.7)

122 (43.3)

178 (63.1)

104 (36.9)

219 (77.7)

63 (22.3)

Arts & Humanities

177 (46.6)

203 (53.4)

189 (49.7)

191 (50.3)

185 (48.7)

195 (51.3)

295 (77.6)

85 (22.4)

χ ² = 4.95

p = 0.026

χ ² = 3.18

p = 0.074

χ ² = 13.62

p < 0.001

χ ² = 0.00

p = 0.993

Nationality

Africans

117 (50.6)

114 (49.4)

123 (53.3)

108 (46.8)

156 (67.5)

75 (32.5)

185 (80.1)

46 (19.9)

Asians

213 (49.9)

214 (50.1)

224 (52.5)

203 (47.5)

203 (47.5)

224 (52.5)

326 (76.3)

101 (23.7)

Europeans

3 (75.0)

1 (25.0)

2 (50.0)

2 (50.0)

4 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

3 (75.0)

1 (25.0)

χ ² = 1.06

p = 0.588^a

χ ² = 0.05

p = 0.976^a

χ ² = 29.40

p < 0.001^a

χ ² = 1.24

p = 0.538^a

Study level

Undergraduates

57 (47.5)

63 (52.5)

61 (50.8)

59 (49.2)

41 (34.2)

79 (65.8)

80 (66.7)

40 (33.3)

Masters

89 (43.2)

117 (56.8)

98 (47.6)

108 (52.4)

112 (54.4)

94 (45.6)

155 (75.2)

51 (24.8)

PhD

187 (55.7)

149 (44.3)

190 (56.5)

146 (43.5)

210 (62.5)

126 (37.5)

279 (83.0)

57 (17.0)

χ ² = 8.38

p = 0.015

χ ² = 4.34

p = 0.114

χ ² = 28.69

p < 0.001

χ ² = 14.64

p = 0.001

Age group

≤20

19 (52.8)

17 (47.2)

21 (58.3)

15 (41.7)

10 (27.8)

26 (72.2)

22 (61.1)

14 (38.9)

21–29

109 (49.5)

111 (50.5)

113 (51.4)

107 (48.6)

102 (46.4)

118 (53.6)

168 (76.4)

52 (23.6)

≥30

205 (50.5)

201 (49.5)

215 (53.0)

191 (47.0)

251 (61.8)

155 (38.2)

324 (79.8)

82 (20.2)

χ ² = 0.15

p = 0.930

χ ² = 0.63

p = 0.731

χ ² = 25.02

p < 0.001

χ ² = 6..96

p = 0.031

Marital status

Single

152 (47.8)

166 (52.2)

166 (52.2)

152 (47.8)

158 (49.7)

160 (50.3)

231 (72.6)

87 (27.4)

Ever married

181 (52.6)

168 (47.4)

183 (53.2)

161 (46.8)

205 (59.6)

139 (40.4)

283 (82.3)

61 (17.7)

χ ² = 1.53

p = 0.215

χ ² = 0.07

p = 0.798

χ ² = 6.55

p = 0.010

χ ² = 8.82

p = 0.003

Family history of hepatitis

Yes

31 (68.9)

14 (31.1)

33 (73.3)

12 (26.7)

31 (68.9)

14 (31.1)

37 (82.2)

8 (17.8)

No

302 (48.9)

315 (51.1)

316 (51.2)

301 (48.8)

332 (53.8)

285 (46.2)

477 (77.3)

140 (22.7)

χ ² = 6.67

p = 0.010

χ ² = 8.23

p = 0.004

χ ² = 3.85

p = 0.050

χ ² = 0.58

p = 0.445

Friend with hepatitis

Yes

117 (59.4)

80 (40.6)

121 (61.4)

76 (38.6)

133 (67.5)

64 (32.5)

155 (78.7)

42 (21.3)

No

216 (46.6)

248 (53.4)

228 (49.1)

236 (50.9)

230 (49.6)

234 (50.4)

359 (77.4)

105 (22.6)

χ ² = 9.12

p = 0.003

χ ² = 8.37

p = 0.004

χ ² = 17.98

p < 0.001

χ ² = 0.14

p = 0.711

Yellowness of the eyes

Yes

20 (48.8)

21 (51.2)

23 (56.1)

18 (43.9)

20 (48.8)

21 (51.2)

32 (78.0)

9 (22.0)

No

313 (50.4)

308 (49.6)

326 (52.5)

295 (47.5)

343 (55.2)

278 (44.8)

482 (77.6)

139 (22.4)

χ ² = 0.04

p = 0.841

χ ² = 0.20

p = 0.655

χ ² = 0.65

p = 0.421

χ ² = 0.01

p = 0.949

Diagnosed with hepatitis

Yes

15 (55.6)

12 (44.4)

19 (70.4)

8 (29.6)

21 (77.8)

6 (22.2)

23 (85.2)

4 (14.8)

No

318 (50.1)

317 (49.9)

330 (52.0)

305 (48.0)

342 (53.9)

293 (46.1)

491 (77.3)

144 (22.7)

χ ² = 0.31

p = 0.58

χ ² = 3.518

p = 0.061

χ ² = 5.98

p = 0.014

χ ² = 0.92

p = 0.337

Vaccination status

Yes

166 (65.9)

86 (34.1)

157 (62.3)

95 (37.7)

161 (63.9)

19 (36.1)

226 (89.7)

26 (10.3)

No

167 (40.7)

243 (59.3)

192 (46.2)

218 (53.2)

202 (49.3)

208 (50.7)

288 (70.2)

122 (29.8)

χ ² = 39.46

p = < 0.001

χ ² = 14.99

p = < 0.001

χ ² = 13.47

p < 0.001

χ ² = 33.97

p < 0.001

Doses received

0

125 (40.2)

186 (59.8)

148 (47.6)

163 (52.4)

20 (64.5)

11 (35.5)

26 (83.9)

5 (16.1)

1

19 (61.3)

12 (38.7)

18 (58.1)

13 (41.9)

32 (76.2)

10 (23.8)

39 (92.9)

3 (7.1)

2

29 (69.0)

13 (31.0)

26 (61.9)

16 (38.1)

68 (71.6)

27 (28.4)

87 (91.6)

8 (8.4)

3

72 (75.8)

23 (24.2)

65 (68.4)

30 (31.6)

157 (50.5)

154 (49.5)

220 (70.7)

91 (29.3)

Do not know

88 (48.1)

95 (51.9)

92 (50.3)

91 (49.7)

86 (47.0)

97 (53.0)

142 (77.6)

41 (22.4)

χ ² = 45.16

p = < 0.001

χ ² = 14.90

p = 0.005

χ ² = 26.58

p < 0.001

χ ² = 25.46

p < 0.001