Table 5.
Self-reported reasons for failure to take diagnostic tests in the first round survey
X-ray examination | Sputum smear test | |||
Reasons | Migrants % (N) | Residents % (N) | Migrants % (N) | Residents % (N) |
No money | 34.7 (17) | 28.4 (46) | 18.4 (7) | 22.7 (25) |
Unnecessary | 30.6 (15) | 59.3 (96) | 47.4 (18) | 69.1 (76) |
No time | 28.6 (14) | 9.9 (16) | 10.5 (4) | 0.9 (1) |
Others | 6.1 (3) | 2.5 (4) | 23.7 (9) | 7.3 (8) |
Total | 100 (49) | 100 (162) | 100 (38) | 100 (110) |
Note: X-ray examination: p < 0.001 (1 migrant case missing); Sputum smear test: p = 0.0091