Table 2 Distribution of participant characteristics

Age

Age in years (median, range)

37

(18 - 79)

34

(18 - 69)

Income

Thousand Baht per month (median, range)

10

(0 - 90)

10

(1 - 100)

Categorical participant characteristics

N

(%)

N

(%)

Gender

Male

317

(66.0)

146

(48.7)

Female

163

(34.0)

154

(51.3)

Religion

Buddhist

319

(66.7)

244

(81.3)

Muslim

159

(33.3)

56

(18.7)

Education

Less than or no primary school

160

(33.4)

61

(20.3)

Completed primary school

191

(39.8)

103

(34.3)

Completed secondary school

129

(26.9)

136

(45.3)

TB knowledge*

Infected from family/others

87

(18.1)

42

(14.0)

(Cause)

Work hard

71

(14.8)

3

(1.0)

Smoking/drinking

162

(33.8)

158

(52.7)

Heredity

20

(4.2)

25

(8.3)

Weak body

82

(17.1)

27

(9.0)

Eat or drink with patient

20

(4.2)

43

(14.3)

Other

38

(7.9)

2

(0.7)

TB knowledge†

Eat/drink

291

(61.9)

109

(36.7)

(Transmission)

Touch

41

(8.7)

32

(10.8)

Sex

46

(9.8)

16

(5.4)

Cough/sneeze

396

(84.3)

224

(75.4)

Other

64

(13.6)

50

(16.8)

TB knowledge

Curable

463

(96.5)

231

(77.0)

(Cure)

Not curable

17

(3.5)

69

(23.0)

TB knowledge†

TB increase AIDS

242

(50.4)

142

(47.3)

(TB/HIV)

AIDS increases TB

346

(72.1)

219

(73.0)

AIDS/TB appear similar

339

(70.6)

186

(62.0)

Knew person

Did not know person with TB

211

(70.3)

with TB

Knew person with TB (lived)

51

(17.0)

Knew person with TB (died)

38

(12.7)

HIV status‡

Never tested

292

(60.8)

Previously tested negative

115

(24.0)

Previously tested positive

73

(15.2)

Symptoms§

Cough

236

(49.2)

Hemoptysis

116

(24.2)

Weight loss

59

(12.3)

Fever and/or extrapulmonary only

55

(11.5)

No symptoms

14

(2.9)