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

Table 3 Sociodemographic characteristics according to knowledge scores for viral hepatitis, n (%)

Item	Mean of knowledge score (± SD)	Knowledge score		Bivariate analysis P value
		Low (0-28), n = 192	Desirable (29-46), n = 255
Gender
Female	28.49 ± 6.16	120 (62.5)	149 (58.4)	0.430
Male	29.04 ± 6.10	72 (37.5)	106 (41.6)
Age in yr
≤ 40	27.6 ± 6.6	91 (47.4)	102 (40.0)	0.120
> 40	27.5 ± 8.5	101 (52.6)	153 (60.0)
Education level
Illiterate	25.4 ± 8.3	74 (38.5)	62 (24.3)	0.002
Primary school	28.1 ± 5.1	32 (16.7)	34 (13.3)
Secondary school	30.9 ± 5.7	66 (34.4)	120 (47.1)
College	30.8 ± 5.4	20 (10.4)	39 (15.3)
Family income
Low	26.1 ± 6.9	21 (10.9)	17 (6.7)	0.200
Indeterminate	29.4 ± 7.0	105 (54.7)	145 (56.9)
High	30.3 ± 5.5	57 (29.7)	88 (34.5)
Race
White	29.8 ± 7.1	79 (41.1)	132 (51.8)	0.030
Non-white	28.2 ± 6.3	107 (55.7)	118 (46.3)
Marital status
Married	28.4 ± 7.1	94 (48.9)	128 (50.2)	0.840
Unmarried	27.3 ± 8.0	97 (50.5)	127 (49.8)
Individuals living in the same home
1	30.5 ± 5.0	11 (5.7)	28 (11.0)	0.014
2	29.5 ± 5.6	41 (21.4)	56 (22.0)
3	28.3 ± 6.3	63 (32.8)	65 (25.5)
4	28.8 ± 6.6	31 (16.1)	63 (24.7)
≥ 5	27.6 ± 6.4	46 (24.0)	42 (16.5)
Population
Southeast viral hepatitis ambulatory	33.1 ± 4.5	13 (6.8)	87 (34.1)	< 0.0001
South health center	29.1 ± 5.3	37 (19.3)	52 (20.4)
Northeast health center	27.5 ± 5.0	58 (30.2)	56 (22.0)
Southeast low resource areas	27.6 ± 4.7	43 (22.4)	34 (13.3)
Northeast low resource areas	25.0 ± 8.5	41 (21.3)	26 (10.2)