Table 3.
Factors associated with non-receipt of at least one Ni-kshay Poshan Yojana instalment (based on Ni-kshay) among PwTB, India,2022 (N = 3201).
| Characteristics | N (%) | Non-recipients of NPY N = 313 (9.8%) |
Unadjusted PR* (95% CI) |
Adjusted PR (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stratum | ||||
| Low | 1123 (35.1) | 172 (15.3) | 1.71 (1.17, 2.50) | 2.34 (1.51, 3.62) |
| Medium | 1028 (32.1) | 47 (4.6) | 0.51 (0.30, 0.86) | 0.59 (0.34, 1.02) |
| High | 1050 (32.8) | 94 (8.9) | 1 | 1 |
| Age (in Years) | ||||
| ≥18 to ≤ 59 | 2607 (81.4) | 261 (10.0) | 1.14 (0.86, 1.52) | - |
| ≥60 | 594 (18.6) | 52 (8.7) | 1 | - |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 1975 (61.7) | 199 (10.1) | 1.08 (0.86, 1.37) | - |
| Female | 1226 (38.3) | 114 (9.3) | 1 | - |
| Education | ||||
| Cannot read or write | 752 (23.5) | 81 (10.8) | 1.34 (0.87, 2.07) | 1.08 (0.70, 1.67) |
| Literate without formal schooling | 408 (12.8) | 38 (9.3) | 1.16 (0.74,1.82) | 0.98 (0.63, 1.52) |
| Any formal schooling | 1604 (50.1) | 159 (9.9) | 1.24 (0.85, 1.81) | 1.16 (0.79, 1.70) |
| Any college education | 437 (13.6) | 35 (8.0) | 1 | 1 |
| Occupation† | ||||
| Self employed | 424 (13.3) | 37 (8.7) | 0.90 (0.65, 1.25) | - |
| Employed | 1396 (43.6) | 135 (9.7) | 1 | - |
| Economically inactive | 1381 (43.1) | 141 (10.2) | 1.06 (0.85, 1.31) | - |
| Bank account | ||||
| Yes | 2581 (80.6) | 213 (8.2) | 1 | 1 |
| No | 620 (19.4) | 100 (16.1) | 1.95 (1.54, 2.48) | 2.48 (1.93, 3.19) |
| Monthly household Income before TB (quintiles)# | ||||
| 1st | 643 (20.1) | 46 (7.1) | 0.79 (0.53, 1.18) | - |
| 2nd | 703 (22.0) | 76 (10.8) | 1.19 (0.86, 1.64) | - |
| 3rd | 601 (18.8) | 66 (11.0) | 1.21 (0.86, 1.69) | - |
| 4th | 601 (18.8) | 62 (10.3) | 1.13 (0.85, 1.52) | - |
| 5th | 637 (19.9) | 58 (9.1) | 1 | - |
| Unknown/Missing | 16 (0.5) | 5 (31.2) | - | - |
| Notifying sector | ||||
| Public | 2911 (90.9) | 273 (9.4) | 1 | 1 |
| Private | 290 (9.1) | 40 (13.8) | 1.47 (0.94, 2.30) | 1.35 (0.79, 2.29) |
| Site of disease@ | ||||
| Extra pulmonary | 763 (23.8) | 60 (7.9) | 0.79 (0.60, 1.04) | 0.75 (0.56, 1.01) |
| Pulmonary | 2421 (75.6) | 240 (9.9) | 1 | 1 |
| Unknown/missing | 17 (0.5) | 13 (76.5) | - | - |
| Drug type | ||||
| DSTB | 3128 (97.7) | 305 (9.7) | - | - |
| DRTB | 72 (2.2) | 7 (9.7) | - | - |
| Unknown/missing | 1 (0.03) | 1 (100.0) | - | - |
| HIV | ||||
| Reactive | 32 (1.0) | 2 (6.2) | - | - |
| Non-reactive | 3116 (97.3) | 302 (9.7) | - | - |
| Unknown/missing | 53 (1.7) | 9 (17.0) | - | - |
| Diabetes | ||||
| Diabetic | 307 (9.6) | 26 (8.5) | 0.90 (0.61, 1.33) | 1.12 (0.80, 1.59) |
| Non-diabetic | 2782 (86.9) | 261 (9.4) | 1 | 1 |
| Unknown/missing | 112 (3.5) | 26 (23.2) | 2.47 (1.73, 3.54) | 1.69 (1.11, 2.55) |
†Self-employed (business/farm/shop); employed (regular employee government/regular employee private/temporary employee (government and private)/skilled worker/daily wage earner); economically inactive (Uunemployed/homemaker/retired/pensioner/student).
*For adjusted PR, p value of 0.2 is considered for statistical significance, 1 – reference category.
#N = 3185; @N = 3184.
Abbreviations: DSTB, Drug-sensitive Tuberculosis; DRTB, Drug-resistant Tuberculosis; HIV, Human Immunodeficiency Virus.