Knowledge of Hepatitis B Virus Infection, Immunization with Hepatitis B Vaccine, Risk Perception, and Challenges to Control Hepatitis among Hospital Workers in a Nigerian Tertiary Hospital

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents.

Characteristics	Sex		Total (%)
	Male (%)	Female (%)
Age group (years)
18–34	110 (49)	114 (51)	224 (59)
35 and above	72 (46)	86 (54)	158 (41)
Marital status
Single	97 (58)	69 (42)	166 (43)
Married	85 (39)	131 (61)	216 (57)
Highest level of education
Secondary	3 (100)	0 (0)	3 (0.8)
Tertiary	179 (47)	200 (53)	379 (99)
Occupation
Medical doctor	73 (78)	21 (22)	94 (25)
Nurse	40 (24)	128 (76)	168 (44)
Laboratory technologist	43 (63)	25 (37)	68 (18)
Pharmacist	26 (50)	26 (50)	52 (14)
Religion
Christianity	143 (45)	175 (55)	318 (83)
Islam	39 (61)	25 (39)	64 (17)
Ethnicity
Yoruba	156 (46)	184 (54)	340 (89)
Igbo	15 (63)	9 (38)	24 (6)
Hausa/Urhobo	11 (61)	7 (39)	18 (5)
HBsAg result
Positive	9 (4.9)	9 (4.5)	18 (4.7)
Negative	119 (65.4)	130 (65)	249 (65.2)
Not done	54 (29.7)	61 (30.5)	115 (30.1)