Cross-sectional study to determine viral hepatitis knowledge in different urban populations in Brazil

Table 1 Participants' sociodemographic characteristics of studies, n (%)

Item	Total, 447	Southeast viral hepatitis ambulatory, 100	South health center, 89	Northeast health center, 114	Southeast low resource areas, 77	Northeast low resource areas, 67	P value
Gender
Female	269 (60.2)	55 (55.0)	33 (37.1)	76 (66.7)	51 (66.2)	54 (80.6)	0.000
Male	178 (39.8)	45 (45.0)	56 (62.9)	38 (33.3)	26 (33.8)	13 (19.4)
Age groups by yr
≤ 40	193 (43.2)	29 (29.0)	28 (31.5)	68 (59.6)	27 (35.1)	41 (61.2)	0.000
> 40	254 (56.8)	71 (71.0)	61 (68.5)	46 (40.4)	50 (64.9)	26 (38.8)
Education
Illiterate	136 (30.4)	28 (28.0)	11 (12.4)	27 (23.7)	38 (49.3)	32 (47.8)	0.000
Primary school	66 (14.8)	16 (16.0)	12 (13.5)	15 (13.2)	13 (16.9)	10 (14.9)
Secondary school	186 (41.6)	42 (42.0)	48 (53.9)	51 (44.7)	25 (32.5)	20 (29.8)
College	59 (13.2)	14 (14.0)	18 (20.2)	21 (18.4)	1 (1.3)	5 (7.5)
Family income
Low	38 (8.5)	3 (3.0)	1 (1.1)	5 (4.4)	7 (9.1)	17 (25.3)	0.000
Intermediate	250 (55.9)	62 (62.0)	25 (28.1)	72 (63.2)	55 (71.4)	41 (61.2)
High	145 (32.5)	35 (35.0)	61 (68.5)	34 (29.8)	11 (14.3)	4 (6.0)
Race
White	211 (47.2)	47 (47.0)	67 (75.3)	33 (28.9)	42 (54.5)	22 (32.8)	< 0.0001
Non-white	225 (50.3)	51 (51.0)	20 (22.4)	74 (64.9)	35 (45.5)	45 (67.2)
Marital status
Married	222 (49.7)	46 (46.0)	44 (49.4)	59 (51.8)	40 (51.9)	33 (49.3)	0.909
Unmarried	224 (50.1)	54 (54.0)	45 (50.6)	55 (48.2)	36 (46.8)	34 (50.7)
People in home
1	39 (8.7)	14 (14.0)	9 (10,1)	8 (7.0)	7 (9.1)	1 (1.5)	0.000
2	97 (21.7)	23 (23.0)	28 (31.5)	16 (14.0)	24 (31.1)	6 (9.0)
3	128 (28.6)	34 (34.0)	23 (25.8)	30 (26.3)	24 (31.2)	17 (25.4)
4	94 (21.0)	14 (14.0)	17 (19.1)	32 (28.1)	8 (10.4)	23 (34.3)
5	88 (19.7)	14 (14.0)	12 (13.5)	28 (24.6)	14 (18.2)	20 (29.8)