Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of tuberculosis patients who were treated from September 2012 to August 2014 at public hospitals of North Shoa Zone, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia

Variable	Category	Frequency (N)	Percentage
Sex	Male	398	53.9
	Female	341	46.1
Age (years)	≤20	158	21.4
	21–30	223	30.2
	31–40	125	16.9
	41+	233	31.5
Marital status	Single	268	36.3
	Married	415	56.1
	Divorced	45	6.1
	Widowed	11	1.5
Ethnicity	Amhara	670	90.7
	Oromo	64	8.7
	Other	5	0.7
Residence	Urban	439	59.4
	Rural	300	40.6
Educational status	Cannot read and write	117	15.8
	Read and write, not formal	68	9.2
	1–8 elementary	113	15.3
	Secondary and above	106	14.3
Occupation	Not known	335	45.3
	Employed	208	28.1
	Unemployed	531	71.9
Religion	Orthodox	638	86.3
	Muslim	89	12.0
	Other	12	1.7
Family size	One	106	14.3
	Two	214	29.0
	Three	170	23.0
	Four or more	249	33.7