Table 1 Demographic characteristics of pulmonary tuberculosis patients in questionnaire survey (n = 459)
From: Determinants of self-management behaviors among pulmonary tuberculosis patients: a path analysis
Demographic characteristics | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Gender | ||
 Male | 324 | 70.6 |
 Female | 135 | 29.4 |
Age | ||
 < 20 | 18 | 3.9 |
 20–39 | 76 | 16.6 |
 40–59 | 174 | 37.9 |
 ≥ 60 | 191 | 41.6 |
Ethnicity | ||
 Han Race | 359 | 78.2 |
 Others | 100 | 21.8 |
Residence | ||
 Urban | 81 | 17.6 |
 Rural | 378 | 82.4 |
Registered information | ||
 Resident | 437 | 95.2 |
 Migrant | 22 | 4.8 |
Marital status | ||
 Unmarried | 69 | 15.0 |
 Married | 320 | 69.7 |
 Divorced/Widowed | 70 | 15.3 |
Education | ||
 Primary and below | 257 | 56.0 |
 Junior middle school | 125 | 27.2 |
 High school and above | 77 | 16.8 |
Occupation | ||
 Staff/Cadre/Retire | 50 | 10.9 |
 Self-employed | 10 | 2.2 |
 Farmer/Migrant worker | 315 | 68.6 |
 Student | 20 | 4.4 |
 Others | 64 | 13.9 |
Work/studying status | ||
 Working/studying | 108 | 23.5 |
 Frequently on leave | 51 | 11.1 |
 Stop working/studying completely | 221 | 48.2 |
 No working/studying | 79 | 17.2 |
Health insurance | ||
 Basic medical insurance | 444 | 96.7 |
 Non Basic medical insurance | 6 | 1.3 |
 No medical insurance | 9 | 2.0 |
Main source of income | ||
 Fixed income | 40 | 8.7 |
 Self-employed | 4 | 0.9 |
 No Fixed income | 150 | 32.7 |
 Family support | 193 | 42.0 |
 Insurance | 18 | 3.9 |
 Subsistence allowances\relief | 19 | 4.2 |
 Others | 35 | 7.6 |