Table 5 Proportions of tuberculosis-affected households reporting impoverishing mechanisms and social consequences
| Â | Total | Income quartiles a | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | ||
Coping strategies | |||||
 Loan only | 199 (45.8) | 66 (63.5) | 61 (54.0) | 39 (35.8) | 33 (30.3) |
 Sale of productive assets only | 2 (0.5) | 1 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.9) | 0 (0.0) |
 Loan and sale of productive assets | 10 (2.3) | 2 (1.9) | 5 (4.4) | 2 (1.8) | 1 (0.9) |
 Any combination of the three above | 211 (48.6) | 69 (66.4) | 66 (58.4) | 42 (38.5) | 34 (31.2) |
Social consequences | |||||
 Food insecurity | 149 (34.3) | 43 (41.3) | 37 (32.7) | 36 (33.0) | 33 (30.3) |
 Divorce or separation from spouse | 56 (16.5) | 9 (11.7) | 12 (13.3) | 16 (18.2) | 19 (22.4) |
 Loss of job | 156 (35.9) | 26 (25.0) | 37 (32.7) | 46 (42.2) | 47 (43.1) |
 Interruption of child’s schooling | 10 (2.3) | 1 (1.0) | 6 (5.3) | 2 (1.9) | 1 (0.9) |
 Social exclusion | 139 (31.9) | 30 (28.8) | 38 (33.6) | 34 (31.2) | 37 (33.9) |
Self-reported influences | |||||
 No impact | 37 (8.5) | 9 (8.7) | 6 (5.3) | 6 (5.5) | 16 (14.7) |
 Little impact | 94 (21.6) | 9 (8.7) | 23 (20.4) | 32 (29.4) | 30 (27.5) |
 Moderate impact | 107 (24.6) | 19 (18.3) | 39 (34.5) | 29 (26.6) | 20 (18.3) |
 Serious impact | 114 (26.2) | 35 (33.7) | 25 (22.1) | 27 (24.8) | 27 (24.8) |
 Very serious impact | 83 (19.1) | 32 (30.8) | 20 (17.7) | 15 (13.8) | 16 (14.7) |