Table 2. Patients’ Demographic Profile .
| Variable | |
| Gender | |
| Male | 16 |
| Female | 6 |
| Age (y) | |
| 18-40 | 12 |
| >40 | 10 |
| Financial situation | |
| Breadwinners | 9 (all men) |
| Earning independently with no family obligations | 3 (all men) |
| Financially dependent | 10 (4 men, 6 women) |
| Type of work | |
| Labourer | 5 |
| Skilled worker (tailor, mason, farmer, miner) | 4 |
| Faith healer | 1 |
| Domestic servant | 1 |
| Retired (on pension) | 1 |
| Unemployed | 2 |
| Student | 2 |
| Housework | 6 (all women) |
| Education | |
| No formal education | 13 (including all 6 women) |
| Primary or less | 5 |
| Secondly or high | 4 |
| Family history of TB/DR-TB | |
| Yes | 10 |
| No | 12 |
Abbreviations: TB, tuberculosis; DR-TB, drug-resistant tuberculosis.