Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of the study population in Ethiopia

		General population		Families of TB patients		TB patients
Variables	Categories	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Gender	Male	835	46.8	407	48.7	488	57.8
	Female	948	53.2	429	51.3	356	42.2
Age in years	18–30	872	48.9	405	48.4	251	29.7
	31–60	828	46.4	414	49.5	246	29.1
	>60	83	4.7	17	2.0	164	19.4
Relationship	Head	869	48.7	329	39.4	93	11.0
	Spouse	597	33.5	248	29.7	52	6.2
	Son/Daughter	266	14.9	160	19.1	38	4.5
	Other relative	44	2.5	88	10.5	396	46.9
	Non-relative	7	0.4	11	1.3	189	22.4
Marital Status	Married	1176	66	543	65.0	186	22.0
	Never married	343	19.2	203	24.3	7	0.8
	Divorced	143	8	46	5.5	4	0.5
	Widowed	107	6	38	4.5	434	51.4
	Living together	14	0.8	6	0.7	283	33.5
Educational Status	Illiterate	537	30.1	283	33.9	66	7.8
	Read and write only	128	7.2	51	6.1	57	6.8
	Primary	517	29	227	27.2	4	0.5
	Secondary	398	22.3	173	20.7	292	34.7
	Above secondary	203	11.4	102	12.2	40	4.7
Occupation	Employed	210	11.8	126	15.1	263	31.2
	House wife	393	22	178	21.3	163	19.3
	Farmer	322	18.1	178	21.3	85	10.1
	Daily laborer	179	10	80	9.6	102	12.1
	Trader	381	21.4	121	14.5	114	13.5
	Student	136	7.6	84	10.0	203	24.1
	No job/dependent	114	6.4	47	5.6	103	12.2
	House maid	38	2.1	19	2.3	85	10.1
	Other	10	0.6	3	0.4	109	12.9
Wealth Quintile	Lowest	355	19.9	166	19.9	102	12.1
	Second	350	19.6	169	20.2	18	2.1
	Third	365	20.5	162	19.4	8	0.9
	Fourth	352	19.7	173	20.7	168	19.9
	Highest	361	20.2	166	19.9	169	20.0