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. 2012 Jun 28;10:77. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-10-77

Table 1.

Socio-demographics and health variables sample characteristics

 
Total
Men
Women
P
  (n = 4900)
(n = 2671) (54.5%)
(n = 2229) (45.5%)
 
N % N % N %  
Age (range 18–93)
36.2
11.5
37.2
11.5
34.8
11.4
0.000
18–24
643
13.3
276
10.6
358
16.5
 
25–34
1841
38.1
928
35.7
899
41.4
 
35–44
13
27.1
780
30.0
515
23.7
 
45–54
671
13.9
399
15.3
259
11.9
 
55–64
265
5.5
161
6.2
95
4.4
 
65 or more
104
2.2
58
2.2
45
2.1
 
Marital status
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Never married
3323
72.7
1734
70.2
1589
75.6
0.000
Married/cohabitating
982
21.5
594
24.1
388
18.5
0.000
Separated/divorced/widowed
265
5.8
141
5.7
124
5.9
0.783
Education
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Grade 7 or less
1269
26.3
745
28.8
502
23.2
0.000
Grade 8–11
2213
45.9
1126
47.4
960
44.3
0.031
Grade 12 or more
1336
27.7
613
23.7
704
32.5
0.000
Poverty index (5–20)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Low (5)
1592
35.0
882
35.2
710
34.4
 
Medium (6–12)
2195
48.2
1117
47.2
1018
49.3
 
High (13–20)
768
16.9
433
17.4
335
16.2
 
Geolocality
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Urban residence
3151
66.2
1691
65.4
1460
67.2
0.212
Rural residence
877
18.4
480
18.6
397
18.3
0.780
Informal settlement
730
15.3
413
16.0
317
14.6
0.181
Health variables
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
New TB patient
3650
76.6
1946
75.2
1704
78.4
 
Retreatment TB patient
1113
23.4
643
24.8
470
21.6
 
HIV positive
2585
59.9
1222
53.4
1363
67.4
 
HIV negative
1728
40.1
1068
46.6
660
32.6
 
Other chronic illnesses
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Zero
3042
72.7
1681
75.1
1361
70.0
0.001
One
680
16.3
335
15.0
345
17.7
 
Two
293
7.0
151
6.7
142
7.3
 
Three or more
167
4.0
71
3.2
96
4.9
 
Partner HIV positive
1192
27.2
600
25.0
592
29.8
 
Partner HIV negative or unknown status
3194
72.8
1800
75.0
1394
70.2
 
Tobacco use (daily or almost daily)
964
20.0
777
29.5
187
8.5
0.000
Hazardous or harmful alcohol use
1120
23.3
820
31.8
280
13.0
0.000
Psychological distress (K >15)
3913
81.1
2127
80.8
1786
81.4
0.245
Had sex in the past 3 months
2318
51.3
1336
54.1
982
48.0
0.000
On antiretroviral therapy
899
22.1
401
18.8
498
25.8
0.000
Adherence to TB treatment
2191
61.1
1153
64.1
1038
68.6
0.007
Adherence to ART 561 58.2 261 52.6 300 64.1 0.000