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Table 1 Sociodemographic descriptions of PTB patients in East Gojjam zone, Ethiopia, 2018

From: Tuberculosis infectious pool and associated factors in East Gojjam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia

Variable

Frequency

Percent (%)

Age  <  35

226

65.0

≥35

122

35.0

Sex Male

209

60.0

Female

139

40.0

Religion Orthodox

306

88.0

Muslim

42

12.0

Marital status Single

177

51.0

Married

143

41.0

Divorced

28

8.0

Residence Rural

205

59.0

Urban

143

41.0

Education level Unable to read and write

129

37.0

Primary education (1–8)

108

31.0

Secondary (9–12)

76

22.0

College and above

35

10.0

Occupation Farmer

143

41.0

Daily laborer

111

32.0

Driver

42

12.0

Merchant

28

8.0

Employed

24

7.0

Monthly income ≤500 birr

146

42.0

> 500 birr

202

58.0

Family size ≤3

265

76.0

>  3

83

24.0

Distance from facility ≤2 h

>  2 h

188

160

54.0

46.0