Research Article
Parents’ Attitude about Hepatitis B Disease and Practice of Hepatitis B Vaccination among Children in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of parents/caregivers and children (n=768).
| | Baseline characteristics of parents | N(%) |
| | Gender (Female) | 621(81.0) | | Residence location (n=767) | | | Urban | 565(73.7) | | Rural | 202(26.3) | | Education | | | < Primary school | 116(15.1) | | Secondary school | 229(29.9) | | > High school | 422(55.0) | | Occupation | | | Government officer/Staff | 142(18.5) | | Housewife | 265(34.6) | | Seller/ Retail | 70(11.7) | | Worker | 270(35.2) | | Age (years) (M ± SD) | 30.8 ± 5.1 | | <25 | 68(8.9) | | 25- 40 | 652(85.0) | | ≥40 | 47(6.1) | | Gross household income (n=727) | | | Poor, near-poor | 36(4.9) | | Moderate | 691(95.1) | | Number of children in the household | | | 1 | 375(48.9) | | 2 | 318(41.5) | | ≥ 3 | 74(9.6) | | Members in the household | | | Parents | 314(40.9) | | Grand-parents | 454(59.1) | | Having infected friends with HBV | 138(17.9) | | Attended a health education session on HBV | 90(11.7) | | Having information about HBV | 710(92.5) |
| | Baseline characteristics of children | |
| | Gender (Male) | 397(51.7) | | Age (months) (M ± SD) | 16.8 ± 4.2 | | Status of HepB vaccination | | | Birth dose vaccination | 347(45.2) | | Full dose vaccination | 506(65.9) | | Full and timely vaccination | 260(33.9) |
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