The impact of economic and social factors on the prevalence of hepatitis B in Turkey

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Baseline characteristics

	Number	Percent		Number	Percent
AGE			AWAREP
16–25	109	12.1	Yes	271	29.88
26–35	196	21.7	No	13	1.43
36–45	237	26.2	Don’t Know	623	68.69
46–55	200	22.1	AWAREPC
56–65	101	11.2	Yes	68	7.71
66+	61	6.7	No	112	12.7
GENDER			Don’t Know	702	79.59
Male	312	33.8	VIRALHEP
Female	612	66.2	Yes	647	70.94
OCCUPATION			No	213	23.36
Labourer	192	21.4	Don’t Know	52	5.7
Unemployed	247	27.5	PATIENT
Retired	131	14.6	I hear	397	43.44
Self-employed /B.O/P.S.Worker	327	36.5	I don’t hear	404	44.2
INTERNET			Don’t Know	113	12.36
Yes	559	63	HISTofHBV
No	329	37.1	Yes	102	11.26
CELLPHONE			No	654	72.19
Yes	878	97	Don’t Know	150	16.56
No	27	2.98		Obs	Mean	Std. Dev.
MIGRANT			ROOM	905	3.3	0.75
Yes	382	57.5	PEOPLE	898	3.53	1.22
No	517	42.5
MIG_EAST
Yes	118	87.2
No	806	12.8

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