Table 4. Univariate and multivariate association of having sought care for tuberculosis symptoms with age, sex, setting, wealth, education level and HIV infections status.
| Variable | Sought care N (%) | Univariate logistic regression | Multivariate logistic regression | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odds ratio (95% CI) | p-values | Odds ratio (95%CI) | p-values | ||
| Age group | |||||
| 15–24 | 192 (8.2) | Ref | |||
| 25–34 | 383 (16.4) | 1.62(1.32–1.98) | 0 | 1.61 (1.31–1.99) | 0 |
| 35–44 | 410 (17.5) | 1.39(1.14–1.69) | 0.001 | 1.37 (1.11–1.68) | 0.003 |
| 45–54 | 407 (17.4) | 1.70 (1.39–2.08) | 0 | 1.67 (1.36–2.06) | 0 |
| 55–64 | 370 (15.8) | 1.76 (1.43–2.15) | 0 | 1.66 (1.35–2.05) | 0 |
| 65+ | 578 (24.7) | 1.67(1.38–2.01) | 0 | 1.64(1.35–2.00) | 0 |
| Sex | |||||
| Female | 1,285 (54.9) | Ref | |||
| Male | 1,055 (45.1) | 0.81 (0.74–0 .90) | 0 | 0.75 (0.68–0.83) | 0 |
| Setting | |||||
| Rural | 1,740 (74.4) | Ref | |||
| Urban | 600 (25.6) | 0.68 (0.62–0 .76) | 0 | 0.60 (0.53–0.67) | 0 |
| Wealth quintile | |||||
| Lowest | 512 (24.8) | Ref | |||
| Second Lowest | 445 (21.6) | 1.03 (0.88–1.21) | 0.69 | 1.04 (0.88–1.23) | 0.625 |
| Middle | 516 (25.0) | 1.15 (0.98–1.34) | 0.087 | 1.12 (0.96–1.32) | 0.15 |
| Fourth | 339 (16.4) | 0.78 (0.66–0.91) | 0.002 | 0.67 (0.57–0.80) | 0 |
| Highest | 252 (12.2) | 0.67 (0.56–0.79) | 0 | 0.53 (0.44–0.64) | 0 |
| Education | |||||
| None | 481 (20.6) | Ref | |||
| Primary | 1,229 (52.5) | 0.79 (0.69–0 .91) | 0.001 | 0.76 (0.68–0.89) | 0 |
| Secondary | -24.9 | 0.72 (0.62–0.84) | 0 | 0.64 (0.55–0.75) | 0 |
| Tertiary | 47 (2.0) | 0.76 (0.55–1.05) | 0.093 | 0.55 (0.39–0.80) | 0.001 |
| Unknown | 1 (0.0) | empty | |||
| HIV Status | |||||
| Negative | 1,325 (56.6) | Ref | |||
| Positive | 161 (6.9) | 1.20 (0.97–1.47) | 0.086 | 1.18 (0.95–1.46) | 0.127 |
| Indeterminate | 7 (0.3) | 0.77 (0.31–1.91) | 0.568 | 0.73 (0.28–1.90) | 0.517 |
| No consent | 743 (31.8) | 1.11 (0.99–1.23) | 0.071 | 1.02 (0.91–1.14) | 0.721 |