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

Table 4 Comparison of children with or without age-appropriate hepatitis B vaccination

Character	Values		P value
	Child is vaccinated for hepatitis B (n = 322)	Child is not vaccinated for hepatitis B (n = 62)
Gender of the child (boys)	59	58	0.89
Age (months)			0.548
≤ 18	37	73
19-59	51	18
≥ 60	11	9
Birth order			0.4
First	56	45
Second	29	39
Third	10	11
Fourth	4	5
Fifth	1	0
Place of delivery			< 0.01
Home delivery	4	13
Hospital delivery	96	87
Religion			0.08
Hindu	54	40
Muslim	45	60
Other religion	1	0
Residence			0.14
Rural	23	14
Urban	77	86
Education of mother			0.13
Illiterate	20	16
Up to class 8th	15	24
Class 9th to class 12th	28	26
Graduate	30	21
Postgraduate or professional	7	13
Education of father			0.32
Illiterate	14	13
Up to class 8th	19	26
Class 9th to class 12th	26	22
Graduate	30	21
Postgraduate or professional	11	18
Setting in which vaccination were primarily done			< 0.01
Public hospital	73	89
Private hospital	27	11
Any family member has or had hepatitis B infection			0.36
Yes	2	3
No	90	84
Not sure	8	13

Data are presented as percentage (%).