Table 5 Health-seeking behavior of study workers who had chronic cough of ≥ 3 weeks duration by socio-demographic characteristics and exposure to TB information

Types

Jute mill workers

47(5.9)

754 (94.1)

0.44 (0.31,0.63)

0.29(0.19,0.42)

Garment workers

60 (4.0)

1425 (96.0)

0.29 (0.21,0.42)

0.35 (0.24,0.51)

Steel mills workers

39 (15.9)

207 (84.1)

1.33 (0.89,1.98)

1.05 (0.66,1.65)

Bidi workers

345 (23.5)

1125 (76.5)

2.16 (1.69,2.76)

1.16 (0.86,1.55)

Flour mill workers

99(12.4)

699(87.6)

1.0

1.0

Sex

Female

309 (13.9)

1909 (86.1)

1.32 (1.11,1.58)

0.95(0.77,1.17)

Male

281 (10.9)

2301 (89.1)

1.0

1.0

Had formal education

350 (10.9)

2857 (89.1)

0.69 (0.58,0.82)

1.03 (0.83,1.29)

No formal education

240 (15.1)

1353 (84.9)

1.0

1.0

> 54

44 (13.5)

283 (86.5)

1.29 (0.92,1.81)

0.71 (0.48,1.10)

35–54

214(15.4)

1175 (84.6)

1.51 (1.26,1.81)

0.83 (0.69,1.03)

15–34

332 (10.8)

2757 (89.2)

1.0

1.0

Surplus

58 (7.9)

677 (92.1)

0.64 (0.53, 0.77)

0.71 (0.57,0.88)

Break-even

186 (10.4)

1610 (89.6)

0.48 (0.36,0.64)

0.94(0.67,1.32)

Deficit

346 (15.2)

1923 (84.8)

1.0

1.0

Exposure to health workers and mass media

520 (25.0)

1556 (75.0)

67.34 (16.72, 271.14)

37.35 (9.1180.51)

Exposure to mass media

22 (1.0)

2140 (99.0)

2.07 (0.49,8.84)

1.7 (0.39,7.32)

Exposure to health workers

46 (29.3)

111 (70.7)

83.5 (19.95, 349.36)

42.4 (9.94,180.5)

No exposure to the above sources

2 (0.5)

403 (99.5)

1.0

1.0

at or above the mean (≥4.7)

511 (19.5)

2109 (80.5)

6.44 (5.04,8.23)

1.91 (1.44,2.53)

below the mean (<4.7)

79 (3.6)

2101 (96.4)

1.0

1.0