Table 2 Participant characteristics and their association with being rational responders

Age group (years)

  < 30

78

14.1

64

82.0

14

18.0

0.486

 30–50

392

70.6

341

87.0

51

13.0

  > 50

85

15.3

72

84.7

13

15.3

Gender

 Male

308

55.5

255

82.8

53

17.2

0.017

 Female

247

44.5

222

89.9

25

10.1

Profession

 Doctor

349

62.9

312

89.4

37

10.6

0.030

 Nurse

23

4.1

17

73.9

6

26.1

 Midwife

31

5.6

24

77.4

7

22.6

 Laboratory staff

52

9.4

45

86.5

7

13.5

 Public health practitioner

57

10.3

46

80.7

11

19.3

 Other

43

7.7

33

76.7

10

23.3

Sector

 Public/Primary Care

43

7.7

31

72.1

12

27.9

0.126

 Public/District Hospital

57

10.3

49

86.0

8

14.0

 Public/Provincial Hospital

71

12.8

63

88.7

8

11.3

 Public/National Hospital

158

28.5

141

89.2

17

10.8

 Private

65

11.7

58

89.2

7

10.8

 Public health sector

103

18.6

87

84.5

16

15.5

 Other

58

10.4

48

82.8

10

17.2

Region (Africa)

 North

37

6.7

33

89.2

4

10.8

0.453

 Central

29

5.2

22

75.9

7

24.1

 East

52

9.4

47

90.4

5

9.6

 South

53

9.5

46

86.8

7

13.2

 West

384

69.2

477

86.0

78

14.0

Hepatitis B care involvement

 No

187

33.7

162

86.6

25

13.4

0.741

 Yes

368

66.3

315

85.6

53

14.4