Table 2:

Characteristics of participants in each TB patient focus group discussion

	Sex	Age,	Occupation	Education level	HIV status	TB episodes	TB Patient
		years					Focus Group Number
1.	F	27	Factory worker	Primary	Unknown	1	TB FGD 1
2.	M	32	Businessman	Secondary	Negative	2
3.	M	45	Builder	Secondary	Positive	2
4.	F	30	Housewife	Primary	Negative	1
5.	M	40	Self-employed	Primary	Negative	1
6.	M	49	Business	Secondary	Negative	1
7.	M	32	Shopkeeper	Secondary	Positive	1
8.	M	39	Motorcycle rider	Secondary	Negative	1	TB FGD 2
9.	M	25	Businessman	Secondary	Negative	1
10.	M	32	Plumbing	Secondary	Unknown	2
11.	M	39	Builder	Primary	Negative	1
12.	M	17	Cleaner	Secondary	Negative	1
13.	F	18	Student	Secondary	Negative	1	TB FGD 3
14.	M	18	Student	secondary	Negative	1
15.	M	63	Car mechanic	Primary	Negative	1
16.	M	54	Business	Secondary	Positive	1
17.	M	39	Not working	None	Negative	1
18.	M	39	Motorcycle rider	Secondary	Negative	1	TB FGD 4
19.	M	25	Businessman	Secondary	Negative	1
20.	M	32	Plumbing	Secondary	Unknown	2
21.	M	39	Builder	Primary	Negative	1
22.	M	17	Cleaner	Secondary	Negative	1
23.	M	23	Casual labourer	None	Negative	1	TB FGD 5
24.	M	31	Storekeeper	Primary	Negative	1
25.	M	22	Surveyor	Secondary	Negative	1
26.	M	24	Maize mill manager	Secondary	Negative	1
27.	F	38	Businesswoman	Secondary	Positive	1	TB FGD 6
28.	F	22	Unknown	Secondary	Positive	1
29.	F	28	Unknown	Unknown	Positive	1
30.	M	34	Unknown	Unknown	Positive	1
31.	M	30	Unknown	Unknown	Positive
32.	M	32	Businessman	Primary	Positive	1	TB FGD 7
33.	M	28	Motorcycle	Secondary	Positive	2
34.	M	36	Saloon attendant	Primary	Positive	1
35.	M	43	Businessman	Secondary	Positive	1
36.	F	20	Businesswoman	Primary	Positive	2
37.	F	47	Businesswoman	Secondary	Positive	2

Abbreviation: F, female; M, male.