Table 2. Baseline characteristics of TB patients enrolled in the study of Bao'an district, Shenzhen, China, 2013 (N = 514).
| Variable | Number | % |
|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | ||
| < 20 | 20 | 3.89 |
| 20~30 | 238 | 46.3 |
| 30~40 | 143 | 27.82 |
| 40~50 | 70 | 13.62 |
| >50 | 43 | 8.37 |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 336 | 65.37 |
| Female | 178 | 34.63 |
| Marital status | ||
| Single | 180 | 35.02 |
| Married | 308 | 59.92 |
| Other (divorced, cohabiting) | 26 | 5.06 |
| Education | ||
| Illiterate or primary school | 63 | 12.26 |
| Junior high school | 220 | 42.80 |
| Senior high school | 169 | 32.88 |
| Junior college and above | 62 | 12.06 |
| Occupation | ||
| Factory worker | 316 | 61.48 |
| Individual business | 46 | 8.95 |
| Other (include company stuff/service personnel) | 99 | 19.26 |
| Unemployed | 53 | 10.31 |
| Residence | ||
| Native | 26 | 5.06 |
| Migrant | 488 | 94.94 |
| Self-reported economic status* | ||
| High | 30 | 5.84 |
| Medium | 323 | 62.84 |
| Low | 161 | 31.32 |
| Annual household income (USD) | ||
| <795 | 13 | 2.53 |
| 795–2385 | 44 | 8.56 |
| 2385–4770 | 114 | 22.18 |
| 4770–9539 | 133 | 25.88 |
| 9539–15,899 | 113 | 21.98 |
| >15,899 | 97 | 18.87 |
| Insurance | ||
| Labor insurance | 186 | 36.19 |
| Self-paying | 305 | 59.34 |
| Unclear | 23 | 4.47 |
| First visited a public facility | ||
| Yes | 48 | 9.34 |
| No | 466 | 90.66 |
| Type of TB | ||
| Newly diagnosed patients | 484 | 94.16 |
| Previously treated patients | 30 | 5.84 |
| The way of discovering TB presence | ||
| Health check-up | 176 | 34.24 |
| Visiting doctors because of developing symptoms | 338 | 65.76 |
| Number of times visiting health-care facilities | ||
| < = 2 | 214 | 63.31 |
| 3~6 | 101 | 29.88 |
| > = 7 | 23 | 6.8 |
| Delay between symptom onset and first consultation | ||
| < = 7 | 152 | 44.97 |
| 7~14 | 38 | 11.24 |
| 14~21 | 42 | 12.43 |
| > = 21 | 106 | 31.36 |
* Self-reported economic status was based on the local condition of patients’ domiciles.