Table 1. Demographic characteristics of tuberculosis patients.
Variable | No. (%) |
---|---|
Sex | |
Male | 114 (55.6) |
Female | 91 (44.4) |
Marital status | |
Single | 55 (26.8) |
Married | 140 (68.3) |
Divorced | 3 (1.5) |
Widowed | 7 (3.4) |
Educational level | |
Illiterate | 137 (69.9) |
Primary school | 30 (15.4) |
High school | 29 (14.8) |
Job status | |
Employed | 53 (26.1) |
Unemployed | 40 (19.7) |
House-keeper | 65 (32) |
Retired | 45 (22.2) |
Residence | |
Town | 162 (79) |
Village | 43 (21) |
Cigarette smoking | |
Non-smoker | 175 (86.6) |
Smoker | 27 (13.4) |