Table 3.

Impact of TB management on children and households, two months after multi-component intervention

Child	Totalb	Low SES Tertile	Mid-SES Tertile	High SES Tertile	p-value	Difference compared to pre-diagnosisc (95% CI)
Missed school in the last 2 months (n = 208 children in school)	4 (1.3)	2 (3.1)	1 (1.2)	0 (0.0)	0.50	-25.4 (-31.9 to -18.8); p < 0.001
Perception that child is falling behind in development (n = 289)	0	0	0	0	-	-28.2 (-33.8 to -22.6); p < 0.001
Householda	Total	Low SES Tertile	Mid-SES Tertile	High SES Tertile	p-value	Difference compared to pre-diagnosis3
Perception that household finances negatively affected by illness (n = 248)	12 (4.8)	4 (4.9)	3 (3.4)	5 (6.4)	0.67	-75.2 (-81.2 to-69.2); p < 0.001
Missed work in the last two months (n = 248)	4 (1.6)	2 (2.4)	1 (1.1)	1 (1.3)	0.77	-45.5 (-52.1 to -38.8); p < 0.001
Other children in household missed school in the last two months (n = 248)	1 (0.4)	0	1 (1.1)	0	0.40	-1.8 (-4.5 to 0.8); p = 0.22
Lost income (n = 247)	4 (1.6)	1 (1.2)	1 (1.1)	2 (2.6)	0.69	-87.5 (-92.0 to -83.0); p < 0.001
Paying more for childcare (n = 248)	1 (0.4)	0	0	1 (1.3)	0.34	-15.4 (-20.3 to -10.4); p < 0.001
At least one negative coping practice/dissavings (n = 248)	2 (0.8)	0	1 (1.1)	1 (1.3)	0.76	-22.5 (-28.3 to -16.8); p < 0.001
Taking out a loan (n = 248)	2 (0.8)	0	1 (1.1)	1 (1.3)	0.76	-15.7 (-20.8 to -10.6); p < 0.001
Sold asset (Livestock or household asset) n = 255)	10 (3.9)	3 (3.6)	3 (3.3)	4 (4.9)	0.85	-10.2 (-15.5 to -4.8); p < 0.001
Catastrophic cost (≥ 20% annual income) (n = 244)	1 (0.4)	1 (1.3)	0	0	0.64	-18.6 (-25.0 to -12.2); p < 0.001

^aDiscrepant answers within a household were averaged if continuous, or categorized as “Yes” if at least one caregiver responded accordingly

^bResponses reported as N (%)

^cAmong those who completed both the baseline and follow up questionnaire