Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of individuals with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in three districts of South India, 2015–2018 (n=765)
| Characteristics | Frequency (%) |
| Age (in years) | |
| 15–29 | 130 (17.0) |
| 30–44 | 229 (29.9) |
| 45–59 | 292 (38.2) |
| 60 and above | 114 (14.9) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 611 (79.9) |
| Female | 154 (20.1) |
| Marital status | |
| Never married | 132 (17.3) |
| Married/living together | 567 (74.1) |
| Separated/divorced/ widowed | 66 (8.6) |
| Education (years of schooling) | |
| No formal education | 131 (17.1) |
| 1–5 | 160 (20.9) |
| 6–10 | 317 (41.4) |
| >10 | 157 (20.5) |
| Employment | |
| Employed | 588 (76.9) |
| Unemployed | 177 (23.1) |
| Household Income per month (in rupees) | |
| <3000 | 80 (10.5) |
| 3000–5000 | 296 (38.7) |
| 5001–10000 | 279 (36.5) |
| >10 000 | 94 (12.3) |
| Didn’t answer | 16 (2.0) |
| Number of individuals in house | |
| <3 | 604 (78.9) |
| >3 | 161 (21.1) |
| Residence* | |
| Urban | 338 (44.2) |
| Rural | 409 (53.4) |
| Not recorded | 18 (2.4) |
| Number of earners in the household | |
| None | 15 (1.9) |
| One | 509 (66.5) |
| Two or more | 241 (31.6) |
| Religion | |
| Hindu | 677 (88.5) |
| Christianity | 54 (7.1) |
| Muslim | 32 (4.2) |
| Others | 2 (0.3) |