Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the participants
Characteristic | Patients No. | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Observations | 347 | 100.0 |
Sites | ||
Zhenjiang | 39 | 11.2 |
Yichang | 130 | 37.5 |
Hanzhong | 178 | 51.3 |
Gender | ||
Male | 260 | 74.9 |
Female | 87 | 25.1 |
Age (years) | ||
≤40 | 57 | 16.4 |
41–59 | 148 | 42.7 |
≥60 | 142 | 40.9 |
Type of TB case | ||
New | 288 | 83.0 |
Relapse | 59 | 17.0 |
Education | ||
None | 66 | 19.0 |
Primary school | 113 | 32.6 |
Junior school | 128 | 36.9 |
Senior school or above | 40 | 11.5 |
Marital Status | ||
Married | 284 | 81.8 |
Single | 16 | 4.6 |
Bereft of spouse | 47 | 13.5 |