Table 1. Demographic and clinical characteristics of the questionnaire respondents.
| Characteristics | Frequency | Percent |
| Age(n = 476) | ||
| 16–45 | 335 | 70.4 |
| 46–60 | 100 | 21.0 |
| >60 | 41 | 8.6 |
| Gender(n = 475) | ||
| Male | 325 | 68.4 |
| Female | 150 | 31.6 |
| Ethnicity(n = 474) | ||
| Han Race | 463 | 97.7 |
| Others | 11 | 2.3 |
| Marital status(n = 473) | ||
| Single | 204 | 43.1 |
| Married | 234 | 49.5 |
| Divorced | 23 | 4.9 |
| Windowed | 12 | 2.5 |
| Residence(n = 472) | ||
| Rural | 220 | 46.6 |
| Urban | 252 | 53.4 |
| Education(n = 463) | ||
| Primary and below | 64 | 13.8 |
| Middle school | 266 | 57.5 |
| College and above | 133 | 28.7 |
| Health insurance(n = 476) | ||
| Yes | 362 | 76.1 |
| No | 114 | 23.9 |
| District(n = 476) | ||
| JLP | 178 | 37.4 |
| SPB | 198 | 41.6 |
| YZ | 100 | 21.0 |
| Personal income in past year(n = 464) | ||
| ≤2PL | 186 | 40.1 |
| 2–3 | 13 | 2.8 |
| >3PL | 265 | 57.1 |
| Type of patient(n = 447) | ||
| New | 436 | 97.5 |
| Retreatment | 11 | 2.5 |
| AFB smear status (n = 448) | ||
| Negative | 337 | 75.2 |
| Positive | 111 | 24.8 |
| Typical symptom(n = 476) | ||
| Yes | 448 | 94.1 |
| No | 28 | 5.9 |
| First health facility for consultation(n = 455) | ||
| TB hospital | 40 | 8.8 |
| Non-TB hospital | 415 | 91.2 |
| Number of Times health facility consulted before diagnosis(n = 455) | ||
| 1 | 56 | 12.3 |
| 2 | 348 | 76.5 |
| ≥3 | 51 | 11.2 |
| Side effects when taking anti-TB drugs(n = 510) | ||
| Yes | 150 | 29.6 |
| No | 360 | 70.4 |
Notes:
Missing data were excluded.
PL refers to local poverty line which is 3480 RMB Yuan per year since 2010.
TB refers to tuberculosis.
AFB smear status refers to Acid-Fast Bacilli (AFB) Smear status.