Characteristics | Categories | Total examined number (%) | Cough < 2 weeksSmear positive, number (%) | Cough ≥ 2 weeksSmear positive, number (%) | p-value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Male | 213 (46.2) | 1 (1.4) | 9 (6.4) | |
Female | 248 (53.8) | 2 (2.2) | 9 (5.7) | 0.89 | |
Age (years) | 5-14 | 43 (9.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
15-24 | 86 (18.6) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (5.7) | 0.29 | |
25-39 | 189 (41.0) | 3 (4.0) | 9 (7.9) | ||
≥40 | 143 (31.0) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (6.0) | ||
Marital status | Married | 328 (71.0) | 2 (1.8) | 4 (4.8) | |
Single | 133 (29.0) | 1 (2.0) | 14 (6.5) | 0.60 | |
Occupation | Farmer | 173 (37.5) | 2 (3.3) | 8 (7.1) | |
House wive | 151 (32.8) | 1 (1.85) | 5 (5.2) | 0.62 | |
Students & others | 137 (29.7) | 0 (0.00) | 5 (5.6) | ||
Education | None | 222 (48.0) | 1 (1.4) | 11 (7.4) | |
Elementary | 183 (40.0) | 1 (1.6) | 6 (5.0) | 0.70 | |
Secondary and above | 56 (12.0) | 1 (4.0) | 1 (3.2) | ||
Religion | Protestant | 271 (58.8) | 1 (1.0) | 10 (5.8) | |
Islam and others | 190 (41.2) | 2 (3.1) | 8 (6.3) | 0.54 | |
Ethnic group | Hadiya | 367 (79.6) | 2 (1.6) | 14 (5.8) | |
Silite | 72 (15.6) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (6.5) | 0.58 | |
Others | 22 (4.8) | 1 (8.3) | 1 (10) | ||
Number of symptoms* | 1 – 4 | 171 (37.0) | 2 (2.74) | 0 (0.0) | |
>4 | 290 (63.0) | 1 (1.12) | 18 (8.96) | 0.007 |