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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics and assessment of their association with HCV infection among prison inmates in Calabar

From: Hepatitis C virus infection and its associated factors among prisoners in a Nigerian prison

Characteristics

Frequency (%)

No reactive (%)

p value

Gender

Male

129 (90.8)

40 (31.0)

0.345*

Female

13 (9.2)

2 (15.4)

 

Age (years)

18–27

71 (50.0)

19 (26.8)

0.749*

28–37

45 (31.7)

16 (35.6)

 

38–47

20 (14.1)

5 (25.0)

 

 ≥ 48

6 (4.2)

2 (33.3)

 

Marital status

Married

56 (39.4)

18 (32.1)

0.860*

Single

80 (56.3)

23 (28.8)

 

Divorced

2 (1.4)

1 (50.0)

 

Separated

2 (1.4)

0 (0.0)

 

Widowed

2 (1.4)

0 (0.0)

 

Level of education

Primary

22 (15.5)

11 (50.0)

0.140*

Secondary

76 (53.5)

19 (25.0)

 

Tertiary

38 (26.8)

10 (27.8)

 

Non-formal

6 (4.2)

2 (33.3)

 

Occupation

Student

57 (40.1)

18 (31.6)

0.323*

Public servant

17 (12.0)

6 (35.3)

 

Business

55 (38.7)

12 (21.8)

 

Unemployed

13 (9.2)

6 (46.2)

 
  1. *Fisher exact test
  2. No number