Table 1.

The descriptive analysis of the influencing factors of health care-seeking delay for tuberculosis (TB) patients.

Variables	Total (n = 1408)		Non-Delayed (n = 849)		Delayed (n = 559)		p-Value
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Age (years old)
<30	300	21.31	192	22.61	108	19.32	0.3983
30~45	247	17.54	150	17.67	97	17.35
45~60	472	33.52	283	33.33	189	33.81
>60	389	27.63	224	26.38	165	29.52
Gender
Male	951	67.54	571	67.26	380	67.98	0.7768
Female	457	32.46	278	32.74	179	32.02
Ethnicity
Han nationality	1016	72.16	603	71.02	413	73.88	0.2419
National minority	392	27.84	246	28.98	146	26.12
Literacy
Primary school or below	596	42.33	339	39.93	257	45.97	0.1505
Junior high school	570	40.48	358	42.17	212	37.92
High school/Technical secondary school	206	14.63	128	15.08	78	13.95
College or above	36	2.56	24	2.83	12	2.15
Marital status
Unwed	241	17.12	156	18.37	85	15.21	0.2474
Married	1104	78.41	658	77.50	446	79.79
Divorced/widowed	63	4.47	35	4.12	28	5.01
Occupation
Farming	1058	75.14	606	71.38	452	80.86	<0.0001
Non-farming	350	24.86	243	28.62	107	19.14
Medical insurance
No	74	5.26	40	4.71	34	6.08	0.2594
Yes	1334	94.74	809	95.29	525	93.92
Average monthly income (yuan)
<800	278	19.74	144	16.96	134	23.97	0.0011
800~1500	302	21.45	187	22.03	115	20.57
1500~2500	415	29.47	243	28.62	172	30.77
>2500	413	29.33	275	32.39	138	24.69
Treatment
Initial treatment	1230	87.36	751	88.46	479	85.69	0.1262
Re-treatment	178	12.64	98	11.54	80	14.31
Walk time to the nearest town hospital (minutes)
<15	284	20.17	188	22.14	96	17.17	<0.0001
15~30	408	28.98	269	31.68	139	24.87
30~45	433	30.75	257	30.27	176	31.48
≥45	283	20.10	135	15.90	148	26.48
Awareness ofthe relevant national policy
Yes	914	64.91	574	67.61	340	60.82	0.009
No	494	35.09	275	32.39	219	39.18

Note: Percentages may not add up to exactly 100%, owing to the rounding off.