Table 3.

Significant determinants of stigma experience among TB patients

Categories			Stigma experience		Chi-square	p-value
			Yes	no
Age		Below 20yrs, above 50 yrs	3	40	4.500	<0.05
		20 –50 yrs	34	128
Feeling of impaired social relations		Yes	24	33	30.890	<0.001
		No	13	135
History of weight loss		Yes	24	75	4.966	<0.05
		No	13	93
Educational attainment	None/Primary/Technical		4	47	4.382	<0.05
	Secondary/University		33	121
Monthly income		₦ 150001 or less	14	74	5.339	<0.025
		Above ₦ 15000	11	11
		Income not disclosed2	12	83
Ability to work on clinic days		Yes	11	85	5.302	<0.025
		No	26	83
History of smoking		Yes	29	42	38.162	<0.001
		No	8	126
History of alccohol intake		Yes	35	45	58.592	<0.001
		No	2	123

¹₦ 15000 at the time of this study =US$125

²Not included in the chi-square analysis