Parents’s knowledge and awareness about hepatitis B can influence the vaccination of their children

Table 1 Characteristics of the children and their parents included in study (n = 384)

Character	Value
Gender of the child (boys)	226 (58.9)
Age (months)
≤ 18	167 (43.5)
19-59	175 (45.6)
≥ 60	42 (10.9)
Birth order
First	208 (54.2)
Second	116 (30.2)
Third	38 (9.9)
Fourth	17 (4.4)
Fifth	5 (1.3)
Place of delivery
Home delivery	22 (5.7)
Hospital delivery	362 (94.3)
Religion
Hindu	200 (52.1)
Muslim	181 (47.1)
Other religion	3 (0.8)
Residence
Rural	83 (21.6)
Urban	301 (78.4)
Information provided by
Mother	224 (58.3)
Father	135 (35.2)
Any other guardian	25 (6.5)
Education of mother
Illiterate	76 (19.8)
Up to class 8th	65 (16.9)
Class 9th to class 12th	106 (27.6)
Graduate	108 (28.1)
Postgraduate or professional	29 (7.6)
Education of father
Illiterate	52 (13.5)
Up to class 8th	78 (20.3)
Class 9th to class 12th	98 (25.5)
Graduate	109 (28.4)
Postgraduate or professional	47 (12.2)
Setting in which vaccination were primarily done
Public hospital	331 (86.2)
Private hospital	53 (13.8)
Parents perception about the vaccines
Vaccine is a nutritional supplement
Yes	10 (2.6)
No	317 (82.6)
Not sure	57 (14.8)
Vaccine is given to promote growth
Yes	20 (5.2)
No	311 (81)
Not sure	53 (13.8)
Vaccine is given to prevent infections
Yes	359 (93.5)
No	4 (1)
Not sure	21 (5.5)

Categorical data are expressed as n (%).