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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the participants

From: “To die is better than to tell”: reasons for and against disclosure of chronic hepatitis B status in Ghana

Participant number

Marital status

Year of Diagnosis

How participants were diagnosed

PWHB 1

Single

2014

Self- initiated

PWHB 2

Married

2011

Hospital protocol for pregnant women

PWHB 3

Single

2013

Hospital protocol for pregnant women

PWHB 4

Single

2016

Physician initiated

PWHB 5

Married

2016

Hospital protocol for pregnant women

PWHB 6

Married

2012

Hospital protocol for pregnant women

PWHB 7

Married

2015

Self-initiated

PWHB 8

Married

2012

Outreach screening programme

PWHB 9

Single

2016

Outreach screening programme

PWHB 10

Married

2011

Outreach programme

PWHB 11

Married

2011

Outreach programme

PWHB 12

Single

2015

Self-initiated

PWHB 13

Married

2011

Hospital protocol for pregnant women

PWHB 14

Married

2014

Outreach programme

PWHB 15

Married

2012

Self-initiated

PWHB 16

Single

2011

Self-initiated

PWHB 17

Married

2013

Hospital protocol for pregnant women

PWHB 18

Single

2015

Self-initiated