Table 4.

Treatment-seeking patterns for patients with TB according to selected socioeconomic characteristics, India, NFHS-4 (2014–2015)

Background attributes (of households/patients with TB)	None/No treatment	Public sector only	Private sector only	Both Pub and Pvt
Wealth Index Groups
Poorest quantile	4.4	52.4	36.4	6.6
Poorer quantile	2.9	56.4	32.2	8.0
Middle quantile	2.9	60.7	30.5	5.7
Richer quantile	1.7	53.9	37.5	6.5
Richest quantile	2.1	48.0	45.0	4.8
Highest educational level
No education	4.4	53.7	34.4	7.1
Primary	2.2	57.6	33.1	7.0
Secondary	1.9	55.7	36.6	5.5
Higher Secondary or higher levels	2.6	43.7	49.6	4.0
Sex
Male	3.0	56.8	33.3	6.7
Female	3.7	50.9	38.9	6.2
Place of residence
Urban	2.9	56.3	34.5	6.0
Rural	3.3	54.1	35.6	6.8

Source: Authors’ calculations from NFHS-4 data.

NFHS-4, National Family Health Survey-Round 4; TB, tuberculosis.