Table 2.
Distribution of PTB in relation to educational status, occupation, and family size among study population of MSFH, 2011
| Educational status | Sputum examination | p-value | |||
| Positive (%) | Negative (%) | Total | % | ||
| Illiterate | 5(19.2) | 21(80.8) | 26 | 23.0 | p=0.398 |
| Literate | 11(12.6) | 76(87.4) | 87 | 77.0 | |
| Total | 16(14.2) | 97(85.8) | 113 | 100 | |
| Occupational status | |||||
| Government employee | 8(16.3) | 41(83.7) | 49 | 42.5 | p=0.937 |
| Merchant | 1(12.5) | 7(87.5) | 8 | 7.1 | |
| House wife | 3(21.4) | 11(79.6) | 14 | 11.5 | |
| Student | 3(10.3) | 26(89.7) | 29 | 25.6 | |
| Other | 1(7.6) | 12(92.4) | 13 | 13.3 | |
| Total | 16(14.2) | 97(85.8) | 113 | 100 | |
| Family size | |||||
| <4 | 4(6.2) | 61(93.8) | 65 | 57.5 | p=0.040 |
| 5–7 | 9(25) | 27(75) | 36 | 31.9 | |
| 8–10 | 2(22.2) | 7(77.8) | 9 | 8.0 | |
| >10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2.6 | |
| Total | 16(14.2) | 97(85.8) | 113 | 100 | |