Table 5.

distribution of socio-demographic, socioeconomic characteristics, and health-seeking behaviour among TB patients Isiolo County level 4 hospital Kenya, 2019 (bivariate table)

Variable			B	S.E.	Wald	df	Sig.	OR	95% CI for OR
	Variable Code								Lower	Upper
Age
Middle age (31-60yrs)	0		Ref.
Young (7-30yrs)	1		0.41	0.52	0.62	1	0.43	1.5	0.54	4.13
Old (>60yrs)	2		0.48	0.54	0.79	1	0.37	1.61	0.57	4.61
Sex
Male	0		Ref.
Female	1		-0.16	0.33	0.23	1	0.63	0.86	0.45	1.626
Religion
Muslim	0		Ref.
Christian	1		0.81	0.34	5.65	1	0.017*	2.24	1.15	4.36
Marital status
Married	0		Ref.
Single	1		-0.24	0.71	0.12	1	0.73	0.79	0.19	3.14
Widowed	2		0.13	0.74	0.03	1	0.86	1.14	0.27	4.83
Divorced	3		0.07	0.87	0.01	1	0.94	1.07	0.19	5.91
Residence
Rural	0		Ref.
Urban	1		-0.43	0.34	1.55	1	0.21	0.65	0.33	1.28
Education
Primary	0		Ref.
Secondary	1		-1.74	0.68	6.47	1	0.011*	0.18	0.05	0.67
Tertiary	2		-1.82	0.72	6.34	1	0.012*	0.16	0.04	0.67
Occupation
Unemployed	0		Ref.
self-employed	1		1.65	0.73	5.17	1	.023*	5.21	1.26	21.63
Employed	2		0.68	0.73	0.86	1	0.35	1.97	0.47	8.20
Casual labourer	3		-0.07	0.76	0.01	1	0.93	0.94	0.21	4.15
Health Facility Of Dx
Public	0		Ref.
Dispensary	1		1.15	0.45	6.61	1	.010*	3.17	1.32	7.62
Private	2		1.29	0.45	8.27	1	.004*	3.66	1.51	8.87
Self-Medication
Yes	0		Ref.
No	1		0.49	0.36	1.83	1	.176*	1.64	0.80	3.34
Comorbidity
No	0		Ref.
Yes	1		-0.49	0.37	1.84	1	.174*	0.61	0.29	1.25
Distance from HF
≤5Km	0		Ref.
>5Km	1		0.14	0.34	0.17	1	0.68	1.15	0.59	2.25
Income
≤KSh.5700	0		Ref.
>KSh.5700	1		0.81	0.33	5.90	1	.015*	2.25	1.17	4.32
History TB in Family
No	0		Ref.
Yes	1		0.08	0.35	0.06	1	0.81	1.09	0.55	2.17
Family size
3 to 5	0		Ref.
6 to 8	1		-0.62	0.61	1.036	1	0.31	0.54	0.17	1.77
>8	2		-0.43	0.62	0.48	1	0.49	0.65	0.19	2.21
0-2	3		-0.29	0.76	0.14	1	0.71	0.75	0.17	3.33