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Table 3 Socioeconomic information of sample population

From: Assessing access barriers to tuberculosis care with the Tool to Estimate Patients' Costs: pilot results from two districts in Kenya

Education of primary household income earner (unknown: n = 2)

% (n)

Primary school

51 (105)

Secondary school

32 (66)

Not attended

10 (21)

High school certificate

6 (12)

Adult learning

1(2)

Occupation (unknown: n = 2)

% (n)

Small business

26 (54)

Casual labour

21 (43)

Housework

21 (43)

Subsistence farming

12 (25)

Civil servant

6 (12)

Transport, Student, Retired, Other

14 (29)

Drinking water source

% (n)

Lake, pond, dam, river

46 (96)

Public well

6 (12)

Private well, bore hole

15 (32)

Piped water, bottled water

33 (68)

Type of toilet facility available

% (n)

No facility, bush, field

5 (11)

Shared pit toilet, latrine

60 (124)

Own pit toilet, latrine

33 (68)

Flush toilet

2 (5)

Type of housing

% (n)

Dirt floor, thatched roof

12 (26)

Dirt floor, metal roof

50 (104)

Concrete floor

38 (78)