Table 2.
Socio-economic factors and total delay in pulmonary tuberculosis treatment. Recife, 2001–2003.
| Total delay in treatment | |||||||
| Socio-economic factors | Unacceptable (> 60 days) | Acceptable (≤ 60 days) | Crude OR | 95% CI | P value | ||
| N | % | N | % | ||||
| Employment | |||||||
| Employed | 282 | 57.3 | 210 | 42.7 | 1.00 | - | - |
| Unemployed | 404 | 65.9 | 209 | 34.1 | 1.43 | 1.12 – 1.83 | 0.0035 |
| Total | 686 | - | 419 | - | - | - | - |
| Literacy | |||||||
| Yes | 540 | 61.6 | 337 | 38.4 | 1.00 | - | - |
| No | 146 | 64.0 | 82 | 36.0 | 1.11 | 0.82 – 1.50 | 0.4951 |
| Total | 686 | - | 419 | - | - | - | - |
| Income of Head of household (MW) | 0.7356 | ||||||
| ≥ 5 | 22 | 59.5 | 15 | 40.5 | 1.00 | - | - |
| 2 to < 5 | 75 | 66.4 | 38 | 33.6 | 1.34 | 0.62 – 1.88 | 0.4461 |
| 1 to < 2 | 184 | 63.7 | 105 | 36.3 | 1.19 | 0.59 – 2.40 | 0.6176 |
| < 1 | 327 | 61.5 | 205 | 38.5 | 1.08 | 0.55 – 2.14 | 0.8086 |
| Total | 608 | - | 363 | - | - | - | - |
| Civil status | 0.9600 | ||||||
| Married | 251 | 62.4 | 151 | 37.6 | 1.00 | - | - |
| Divorced, widowed or separated | 64 | 62.7 | 38 | 37.3 | 1.01 | 0.64 – 1.58 | 0.9544 |
| Single | 341 | 61.7 | 212 | 38.3 | 0.96 | 0.74 – 1.26 | 0.8078 |
| Total | 656 | - | 401 | - | - | - | - |
| Number of individuals per Household | 0.3897 | ||||||
| 1 – 2 | 160 | 65.3 | 85 | 34.7 | 1.00 | - | - |
| 3 – 5 | 345 | 60.2 | 228 | 39.8 | 0.80 | 0.59 – 1.09 | 0.1700 |
| ≥ 6 | 165 | 61.6 | 103 | 38.4 | 0.85 | 0.59 – 1.22 | 0.3803 |
| Total | 670 | - | 416 | - | - | - | - |