Table 2.

Percentage of TB suspects not seeking professional care, by socio-demographic characteristics, rural China, 2003

Influencing factors	No. TB suspects	No. TB suspects who did not go to see a doctor	% TB suspects who did not go to see a doctor	X2	P value
Total	2308	856	37.1
Age group
<30	235	72	30.6	7.054	0.070
30–44	425	173	40.7
45–59	772	293	38.0
60 & over	876	318	36.3
Sex
female	1082	378	34.9	4.047	0.044
Male	1226	478	39.0
Health insurance
No	2005	752	37.5	1.358	0.244
Yes	297	101	34.0
Education
Illiterate	932	352	37.8	4.304	0.116
Primary school	774	309	39.9
Secondary school and above	470	160	34.0
Occupation
Farmer	1692	638	37.7	0.005	0.942
Non-farmer	483	183	37.9
Household income
Low	854	342	40.0	7.648	0.022
Medium	691	259	37.5
High	763	255	33.4
Colour TV holding
No	1188	467	39.3	5.104	0.024
Yes	1119	389	34.8

Note:

Some cases with missing value for suspects were taken as missing cases: 6 missed for health insurance; 131 missed and unreported for education and occupation; 2 missed for household colour TV holding.