Table 1.

Socio-demographic and economic characteristics of participants who started anti-tuberculosis treatment and are on follow up in health institutions of Gamo Gofa Zone, 2017 (n = 249)

Variable		Number	Percent (%)
Residence	Urban	94	37.8
	Rural	155	62.2
sex of respondent	Male	148	59.4
	Female	101	40.6
Age of respondent (years)	15–24	80	32.1
	25–34	72	28.9
	35–44	44	17.7
	≥45	53	24.3
Marital status	Married	149	59.8
	Single	82	32.9
	Divorced/Widowed	18	7.2
Level of education	Unable to read and write	87	34.9
	Read & write	36	14.5
	grade1–8	57	22.9
	grade 9–12	43	17.3
	College and above	26	10.4
Religion	Orthodox	84	33.7
	protestant	148	59.4
	Muslim	17	6.8
Ethnicity	Gamo	194	77.9
	Gofa	16	6.4
	other	39	15.6
occupation	Housewife	42	16.9
	Daily laborer	46	18.5
	Government employee	19	7.6
	farmer	77	30.9
	Private employee	20	8.0
	Other (specify)	45	18.1
Income (in birr)	<  500	91	36.8
	≥500	158	63.5