Table 1. Association of socio-demographic characteristics and TB Addis Ababa, March 2009.
| Socio-demographic variables | Presence of TB Disease | P-value | |
| Yes, no (%) | No, n (%) | ||
| Sex | 0.89 | ||
| Males | 113(48.5) | 134(49.1) | |
| Females | 120(51.5) | 139(50.9) | |
| Age in years | 0.59 | ||
| 15–24 | 64(27.5) | 63(23.1) | |
| 25–34 | 67(28.8) | 78(28.6) | |
| 35–49 | 68(29.2) | 83(30.4) | |
| > = 50 | 34(14.6) | 49(17.9) | |
| Educational status | 0.57 | ||
| Illiterate | 67(28.8) | 96(35.2) | |
| Can read and write | 95(40.8) | 99(36.3) | |
| Elementary | 22(9.4) | 21(7.7) | |
| High school | 38(16.3) | 46(16.8) | |
| Above high school | 11(4.7) | 11(4.0) | |
| Occupation | 0.89 | ||
| House wives | 56(24.0) | 65(23.8) | |
| Merchant | 32(13.7) | 44(16.1) | |
| Government employee | 30(12.9) | 32(11.7) | |
| Day laborers | 97(41.6) | 107(39.2) | |
| Jobless | 18(7.7) | 25(9.2) | |
| Marital status | 0.22 | ||
| Single | 104(44.6) | 102(37.4) | |
| Married | 97(41.6) | 124(45.4) | |
| Divorced | 32(13.7) | 47(17.2) | |
(n = 506).