Socio-cultural determinants of timely and delayed treatment of Buruli ulcer: implications for disease control

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of respondents*

Demographic characteristics	Timely Treatment N = 48	Delayed Treatment N = 130	P-values N = 178
	(%)	(%)
Treatment status
Sex			0.398
Males	41.7	50.0
Females	58.3	50.0
Age			0.571
Less than 15-years-of age	56.3	44.6
15-30 years	25.0	31.5
30-45 years	6.3	10.8
≥ 45 years	12.5	13.1
Education			0.216
No education	14.6	26.9
Primary	58.3	51.5
Secondary and above	27.1	21.5
Occupation			0.279
Pupil/student	64.6	52.3
Unskilled labour	20.8	26.9
Skilled labourer	2.1	9.2
Unemployed	12.5	11.5
Income			0.367
Regular and dependable	18.5	16.2
Uncertain/ Cannot tell	42.7	43.1
Irregular	38.8	40.8
Marital status			0.962
Never married	70.8	67.7
Married	22.9	23.8
Separated, divorced and widowed	6.3	8.5

*Results are stated in percentages. Fisher’s exact test was used for comparison between ‘timely treatment’ and ‘delayed treatment’. Timely treatment is defined as seeking treatment < 3 months from first awareness of symptoms to appropriate help-seeking.

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