Table 1 Demographic and environmental characteristics of the households of index TB patients (n = 193 at site I, n = 194 at site II), September 2020 - December 2022
Household and environmental characteristics | Study site | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Study site I n (%) | Study site II n (%) | ||
Head of the household | Wife | 41 (21.2) | 30 (15.5) |
Husband | 136 (70.5) | 161 (83.0) | |
Other | 16 (8.3) | 3 (1.5) | |
Educational status of the household head | No education | 142 (73.6) | 90 (46.4) |
Primary | 35 (18.1) | 93 (47.9) | |
Secondary | 5 (2.6) | 7 (3.6) | |
Tertiary | 11 (5.7) | 4 (2.1) | |
Family size | 1–5 members | 155 (82.5) | 165 (51.6) |
6–9 members | 33 (17.5) | 24 (42.1) | |
House type | Thatched houses with grass cover | 85 (44.3) | 99 (51.6) |
Houses with iron sheet cover | 107 (55.7) | 95 (49.0) | |
Number of windows | 2–6 windows | 82 (42.5) | 84 (45.7) |
0–1 window | 111 (57.5) | 100 (54.3) | |
House area | >=40 m2 | 87 (45.3) | 92 (51.7) |
< 40 m2 | 105 (54.7) | 86 (48.3) | |
Household cooking method | Electricity | 2 (1.0) | 13 (6.7) |
Fire/charcoal | 188 (98.0) | 169 (87.6) | |
Smoke free stove | 2 (1.0) | 11 (5.7) | |