Table 5.
Influence of characteristics on “aware” grade for TB in a rural population in Zhejiang Province, China, December 2010- April 2011 (N = 36,377)
| Characteristics |
Awarea, n (%) |
Not-awareb, n (%) |
Odds ratio (95% CI) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (N = 28,277) | (N = 8,100) | |||
| Age group |
|
|
|
|
| 15~29 |
4,875 (84.23) |
913 (15.77) |
1.00 |
|
| 30~44 |
8,818 (85.03) |
1,553 (14.97) |
1.07 (0.95 -1.21) |
0.0316 |
| 45~59 |
9,443 (76.82) |
2,850 (23.18) |
0.87 (0.77-0.99) |
0.2579 |
| ≥60 |
5,141 (64.87) |
2,784 (35.13) |
0.65 (0.57-0.74) |
<0.001 |
| Sex |
|
|
|
|
| Male |
14,452 (79.14) |
3,809 (20.86) |
1.00 |
|
| Female |
13,825 (76.31) |
4,291 (23.69) |
0.93 (0.88-0.98) |
0.0122 |
| Education |
|
|
|
|
| Primary school or illiterate |
11,362 (68.69) |
5,179 (31.31) |
1.00 |
|
| Junior high school |
11,910 (83.77) |
2,308 (16.23) |
1.72 (1.60-1.85) |
<0.001 |
| Senior high school |
3,633 (88.80) |
458 (11.20) |
2.55 (2.25- 2.90) |
<0.001 |
| Above senior high school |
1,372 (89.85) |
155 (10.15) |
2.94 (2.39-3.63) |
<0.001 |
| Occupation |
|
|
|
|
| Farming |
16,737 (76.48) |
5,148 (23.52) |
1.00 |
|
| Factory worker |
3,931 (80.88) |
929 (19.12) |
0.77 (0.71 -0.85) |
<0.001 |
| Student |
1,341 (80.40) |
327 (19.60) |
0.69 (0.58-0.83) |
<0.001 |
| Unemployed |
2,253 (70.94) |
923 (29.06) |
0.82 (0.75-0.90) |
<0.001 |
| Administration and management |
623 (91.08) |
61 (8.92) |
1.36 (1.01 -1.84) |
0.0459 |
| Commercial/food services |
1,699 (85.25) |
294 (14.75) |
1.11 (0.96-1.28) |
0.1482 |
| Other |
1,693 (80.20) |
418 (19.80) |
0.82 (0.72-0.93) |
0.0019 |
| Marital status |
|
|
|
|
| Currently married |
23,697 (77.79) |
6,765 (22.21) |
1.00 |
|
| Currently unmarried |
4,580 (77.43) |
1,335 (22.57) |
0.90 (0.82-0.99) |
0.0232 |
| Census registry |
|
|
|
|
| Local |
27,177 (77.86) |
7,730 (22.14) |
1.00 |
|
| Non-local |
1,100 (74.83) |
370 (25.17) |
0.74 (0.65-0.86) |
<0.001 |
| TB health publicity |
|
|
|
|
| Yes |
24,465 (87.02) |
3,648 (12.98) |
1.00 |
|
| No | 3,812 (46.13) | 4,452 (53.87) | 0.15 (0.14-0.15) | <0.001 |
a aware = excellent + good; b not-aware = poor + very poor.