Hepatitis is a fatal disease. This disease caused serious problem in developing countries as well as in Pakistan. A large
number of population is affected by this disease in Pakistan. This study reports socio economic determinants of hepatitis B
and C knowledge in urban and rural areas. Impact of hepatitis disease on agriculture production is also calculated in this
study. Data of 350 respondents was collected from urban and rural areas. 150 farmers were also interviewed to calculate the
impact of disease on agriculture production. Tobit model was used to calculate the determinants of knowledge about disease. Multiple regression model was used to calculate the impact of disease on production. The results showed that rural people
has less knowledge about diseases compared to urban people. Income, education and locality had positive impact on
knowledge. It is also revealed that patients have significantly low agriculture production than non-patients. Government
should launch awareness campaign to increase knowledge about disease especially in rural areas so that disease and
production losses due to disease can be controlled.
Azeem Sardar , Muhammad Rizwan Yaseen, Sofia Anwar, Abdul Quddoos , Moeed Waqar. (2017) IMPACT OF HEPATITIS ON AGRICULTURE PRODUCTIVITY AND AWARENESS ABOUT DISEASE IN RURAL AREAS, , Volume 54, Issue 2.
