Table 1. Demographic characteristics and access to technologies among persons on TB treatment.

		Total n (%) (n = 1,290)	99DOTS n (%) (n = 1,017)	EvriMED N (%) (n = 273)
COUNTRY	Bangladesh	599 (46·4)	599 (58·9)	n/a
	Tanzania	200 (15·5)	200 (19·7)	n/a
	Uganda	112 (8·7)	112 (11·0)	n/a
	Philippines	106 (8·2)	106 (10·4)	n/a
	Ukraine	122 (9·5)	n/a	122 (44·7)
	South Africa	151 (11·7)	n/a	151 (55·3)
MALE		791 (61·3)	634 (62·3)	157 (57·5)
AGE	15 to 44	884 (68·5)	706 (69·4)	178 (65·2)
	45 to 54	189 (14·7)	138 (13·6)	51 (18·7)
	55 or older	217 (16·8)	173 (17·0)	44 (16·1)
OCCUPATION a , b	Self-Employed	344 (30·2)	331 (32·6)	12 (10·7)
	Hired worker	375 (32·9)	324 (31·9)	51 (41·8)
	Student	143 (12·6)	143 (14·1)	0 (0)
	Unemployed	139 (12·2)	81 (8·0)	58 (47·5)
EDUCATION c	No schooling	115 (8·9)	112 (11·0)	3 (1·1)
	Primary School	442 (34·3)	422 (41·6)	20 (7·3)
	Secondary School	470 (36·5)	247 (24·3)	223 (81·7)
	Post-Secondary School	261 (20·3)	234 (23·1)	27 (9·9)
PHONE ACCESS	Personal phone	1,072 (83·1)	829 (81·5)	243 (89·0)
	Shared, Primary Owner	117 (9·1)	104 (10·2)	13 (4·8)
	Shared, Not Owner	90 (7·0)	79 (7·8)	11 (4·0)
	No access	11 (0·9)	5 (0·5)	6 (2·2)
PHONE CREDIT d	Always	267 (20·9)	161 (15·9)	106 (39·7)
FREQUENCY e	Sometimes	835 (65·3)	694 (68·6)	141 (52·8)
	Never	172 (13·5)	156 (15·4)	16 (6·0)

^a Data missing for all people with TB in South Africa (n = 151)

^b 138 people with TB using 99DOTS had other occupations

^c Education status missing for one person in Uganda and 1 person in Tanzania

^d Phone credit refers to the availability of airtime minutes on the phone.

^e.Among people with TB that reported having access to a phone (n = 1,279). Phone credit frequency missing for 2 people in South Africa, 2 people in Ukraine, and 1 person in Uganda