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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents

From: Strengthening contact tracing capacity of pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Enugu, southeast Nigeria: a targeted and focused health education intervention study

Socio-demographic characteristics

Study group

Control group

Ch-square

P value

95% CI

No (%)

No (%)

 

N = 176

N =172

   

Age: mean ± SD

31.7 ± 10.4

33.4 ± 11.0

t =1.48

0.139

 

Gender:

     

Male

89(50.6)

81(47.1)

0.420

0.517

-24.1 - 17.1

Female

87(49.4)

91(52.9)

  

-24.2 - 17.1

Occupation:

     

Student

39(22.2)

32(18.6)

2.450

0.784

-13.0 - 20.2

Trader

31(17.6)

28(16.3)

  

-14.2 -16.8

Farmer

21(11.9)

24(14.0)

  

11.7 - 15.9

Civil servant

18(10.2)

20(11.6)

  

11.5 - 14.3

Artisan

9(5.1)

5(2.9)

  

-5.8 -10.3

Others

58(33.0)

63(36.6)

  

16.6 -22.6

Marital status:

     

Ever married

80(45.5)

90(52.3)

1.640

1.998

13.7 - 27.3

Never married

96(54.5)

82(47.7)

  

-13.7 - 27.3

Education:

     

None

19(10.8)

28(16.3)

2.530

0.469

8.6 - 19.6

Primary

36(20.5)

30(17.4)

  

-13.0 - 19.2

Secondary

74(42.0)

72(41.9)

  

-20.2 - 20.4

Tertiary

47(26.7)

42(24.4)

  

-15.7 - 20.3

Total

176(100.0)

172(100.0)