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. 2019 Aug 21;17:100117. doi: 10.1016/j.jctube.2019.100117

Table 2.

Patient characteristics.

Overall 560 Hospital 86 (15%) Non-hospital 474 (85%) Urban facilities 219 (39%) Rural facilities 341 (61%)
Sex
 Male 61% 62% 61% 57% 64%
 Female 39% 38% 39% 43% 36%
Age
 15–24 12% 12% 12% 14% 10%
 25–34 17% 17% 16% 23% 13%
 35–44 18% 27% 17% 19% 18%
 45–54 18% 17% 19% 13% 22%
 55–64 19% 17% 20% 21% 18%
 65+ 16% 9% 17% 10% 20%
Average age in years (range: 15–88) 46 44 47 43 49
Marital Status
 Married 54% 53% 54% 43% 62%
 Never married 24% 24% 24% 33% 19%
 Widowed/divorced/separated 13% 13% 14% 12% 14%
 Currently living with a partner (unmarried) 8% 9% 8% 12% 6%
Residence (NR = 1)
 Rural 52% 52% 52% 16% 75%
 Urban 48% 48% 47% 84% 24%
Highest level of completed education (NR = 1)
 Primary/elementary or less 27% 15% 29% 21% 31%
 Secondary/high School 44% 38% 45% 42% 45%
 Post-secondary/technical/vocational 29% 45% 26% 37% 23%
Employment status (NR = 8)
 Unemployed 44% 43% 44% 43% 45%
 Employed (full or part time) 26% 27% 26% 32% 22%
 Self-employed 21% 20% 21% 12% 27%
 Retired 5% 6% 5% 6% 4%
 Student 3% 5% 2% 5% 1%
Average monthly household income (PHP) (NR = 35)
 0–5000 49% 45% 50% 40% 55%
 5001–10,000 27% 27% 27% 21% 30%
 10,001 and above 18% 24% 17% 28% 11%
Current smoker 7% 6% 8% 15% 3%
TB diagnosis self-reported (imputed)
 Drug susceptible 53% (77%) 76% 77% 60% 88%
 Drug resistant 10% (13%) 24% 10% 25% 5%
 Unknown 37% (10%) 0% 12% 16% 7%
Phase of treatment
 Intensive 40% 34% 41% 41% 40%
 Continuation 28% 27% 28% 29% 26%
 Unknown 32% 40% 31% 29% 34%

Abbreviations: NR = No response; PHP = Philippine Pisos.