Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of TB patients on DOT
Variable | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Gender | ||
 Male | 304 | 52.8 |
 Female | 272 | 47.2 |
Age | ||
 18–24 | 133 | 23.1 |
 25–34 | 219 | 38.0 |
 35–44 | 124 | 21.5 |
 45–54 | 45 | 7.8 |
 55–64 | 40 | 6.9 |
 65 and above | 15 | 2.6 |
Marital status | ||
 Married | 229 | 39.8 |
 Single/never married | 283 | 49.1 |
 Widowed | 45 | 7.8 |
 Divorced | 10 | 1.7 |
 Separated | 9 | 1.6 |
Residence | ||
 Urbana | 520 | 90.3 |
 Ruralb | 54 | 9.4 |
 Homelessc | 2 | 0.3 |
No. of person in a household | ||
 1–3 | 223 | 38.7 |
 4–4 | 107 | 18.6 |
 5–6 | 162 | 28.1 |
 7–11 | 84 | 14.6 |
Highest educational level | ||
 Further higher education | 111 | 19.3 |
 Secondary school, grade 9–12 | 243 | 42.2 |
 Primary school, grade 5–8 | 147 | 25.5 |
 Primary school, grade 1–4 | 22 | 3.8 |
 No formal education | 53 | 9.2 |
Ethnic group | ||
 Oromo | 136 | 23.6 |
 Amhara | 272 | 47.2 |
 Tigre | 64 | 11.1 |
 SNNPRd | 104 | 18.1 |
Household monthly income in $ | ||
 14.50–63.40 | 143 | 25.0 |
 63.41–110.06 | 144 | 25.2 |
 110.07–148.82 | 142 | 24.8 |
 148.83–335.00 | 143 | 25.0 |
Occupation | ||
 Permanent employee | 97 | 16.8 |
 Self-employee | 149 | 25.9 |
 Temporary employee | 114 | 19.8 |
 House wife | 104 | 18.1 |
 Unemployed | 64 | 11.1 |
 Pensioner | 24 | 4.2 |
 Student | 24 | 4.2 |