Table 5 The relation of study participants HCV status and their sociodemographic characteristics pre-intervention
Sociodemographic characteristics | HCV status | Test of significance | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Negative | Positive | |||||
No | % | No | % | |||
1. Age groups | ||||||
 18–35 years | 78 | 49.7 | 4 | 18.1 | LR = 13.359 | 0.001 |
 36–53 years | 62 | 39.5 | 10 | 45.5 | ||
 54–70 years | 17 | 10.8 | 8 | 36.4 | ||
2. Sex | ||||||
 Female | 128 | 81.5 | 16 | 72.7 | Fisher’s exact | 0.33 (NS) |
 Male | 29 | 18.5 | 6 | 27.3 | ||
3. Marital status | ||||||
 Married | 139 | 88.5 | 22 | 100 | Fisher’s exact | 0.094 (NS) |
 Unmarried | 18 | 11.5 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
4. Educational level | ||||||
 Illiterate | 29 | 18.5 | 10 | 45.5 | LR = 11.543 | 0.009 |
 Basic | 9 | 5.7 | 3 | 13.6 | ||
Secondary | 82 | 52.2 | 6 | 27.3 | ||
 University and postgraduate | 37 | 23.6 | 3 | 13.6 | ||
5. Occupation | ||||||
 Governmental | 34 | 21.7 | 5 | 22.7 | LR = 11.398 | 0.022 |
 Private | 14 | 8.9 | 4 | 18.2 | ||
 Farmer | 6 | 3.8 | 4 | 18.2 | ||
 Does not work | 92 | 58.6 | 7 | 31.8 | ||
 Others | 11 | 7 | 2 | 9.1 | ||
Total | 157 | 100 | 22 | 100 | ||