Table 1 Prevalence of HBV and HIV infections among young women aged from 15 to 24 years seeking abortion care at Bahir Dar city, 2015 (n = 360)
Demographic variables | HBsAg | P-value | HIV status | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive N (%) | Negative N (%) | Positive N (%) | Negative N (%) | |||
Residence | ||||||
Urban | 6 (2) | 287 (98) | 1.00 | 8 (2.72) | 286 (97.3) | 0.49 |
Rural | 1 (1.5) | 65 (98.5) | 1 (1.5) | 65 (98.8) | ||
Age in years | ||||||
15–17 | 1 (16.7) | 5 (83.3) | 0.02 | 0 | 6 (100) | |
18–20 | 1 (0.8) | 119 (99.2) | 1 (0.8) | 120 (99.2) | ||
21–24 | 5 (2.1) | 228 (97.9) | 8 (3.4) | 225 (96.6) | 0.31 | |
Religion | ||||||
Orthodox | 7 (2.1) | 326 (97.9) | 9 (2.7) | 325 (97.3) | 0.69 | |
Protestant | 0 | 11 (100) | 0 | 11 (100) | ||
Muslim | 0 | 15 (100) | 0 | 15 (100) | ||
Educational status | ||||||
Illiterate | 0 | 33 (100) | 0.12 | 4 (12.9) | 29 (87.1) | <0.001 |
Grade 1–6 | 2 (10) | 18 (90) | 3 (15) | 17 (85) | ||
Grade 7–8 | 0 | 33 (100) | 0 | 33 (100) | ||
Grade 9–12 | 2 (1.3) | 151 (98.7) | 1 (0.7) | 152 (99.3) | ||
University students | 1 (2.1) | 47 (97.9) | 1 (2) | 48 (98) | ||
Diploma & above | 2 (2.8) | 70 (97.2) | 0 | 71 (100) | ||
Marital status | ||||||
Single | 6 (2) | 286 (98) | 0.26 | 6 (2) | 287 (98) | |
Married | 0 | 54 (100) | 1 (1.9) | 53 (98.1) | ||
Divorced | 1 (10) | 10 (90) | 2 (18.2) | 9 (81.8) | 0.009 | |
Other | 0 | 2 (100) | 0 | 2 (100) | ||
Occupation | ||||||
Students | 2 (1.7) | 116 (98.3) | 0.67 | 1 (0.9) | 117 (99.1) | |
Employees | 4 (3) | 129 (97) | 5 (3.8) | 128 (96.2) | 0.39 | |
House wife | 0 | 21 (100) | 0 | 21 (100) | ||
Other | 1 (1.1) | 87 (98.9) | 3 (3.4) | 85 (96.6) | ||
Total | 7 (1.94) | 353 (98.1) | 9 (2.5) | 351 (97.5) | ||