Research Article
Hepatitis B Knowledge, Testing, and Vaccination History among Undergraduate Public Health Students in Ghana
Table 1
Characteristics of study participants.
| Characteristics | Frequency | Percentage (%) |
| Sex | | | Male | 153 | 67.7 | Female | 73 | 32.3 | Age (in years) | | | <20 | 30 | 13.3 | 20 - 29 | 160 | 70.8 | 30+ | 36 | 15.9 | Level of study | | | 1st year | 57 | 25.2 | 2nd year | 66 | 29.2 | 3rd year | 59 | 26.1 | 4th year | 44 | 19.5 | Program of study | | | Disease control | 96 | 42.5 | Health promotion | 18 | 8.0 | Public health general | 4 | 1.8 | Environmental health | 11 | 4.9 | Health information | 40 | 17.7 | Public Health Nutrition | 57 | 25.2 | Religious affiliation | | | Christian | 214 | 94.7 | Muslim | 8 | 3.5 | Traditional | 4 | 1.8 | Marital status | | | Married/co-habiting | 31 | 13.7 | Never married | 195 | 86.3 | Type of student | | | Top-up | 52 | 23.0 | Regular | 174 | 77.0 | Permanent residential status | | | Urban | 181 | 80.1 | Rural | 45 | 19.9 | Source of funding for education | | | Self | 43 | 19.0 | Parents | 163 | 72.1 | Husband/wife | 5 | 2.2 | Other relative(s) | 15 | 6.6 |
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