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Table 1 Distribution of study population sociodemographic characteristics in wealth index quintiles

From: Impact of socio-economic factors on Tuberculosis treatment outcomes in north-eastern Uganda: a mixed methods study

Variable

Total N

Q1 N (%)

Q2 N (%)

Q3 N (%)

Q4 N (%)

Q5 N (%)

264

53

53

53

53

52

Sex

Male

151

26 (17.2)

31 (20.5)

27 (17.9)

32 (21.2)

35 (23.2)

Female

113

27 (23.9)

22 (19.5)

26 (23.0)

21 (18.6)

17 (15.0)

Age

< 15

72

12 (16.7)

27 (37.5)

16 (22.2)

11 (15.3)

6 (8.3)

15–24

30

9 (30.0)

5 (16.7)

2 (6.7)

9 (30.0)

5 (16.7)

25–34

55

7 (12.7)

12 (21.8)

11 (20.0)

7 (12.7)

18 (32.7)

35–44

42

11 (26.2)

3 (7.1)

8 (19.1)

12 (28.6)

8 (19.1)

45–54

23

3 (13.0)

1 (4.4)

5 (21.7)

9 (39.1)

5 (21.7)

55–64

18

6 (33.3)

1 (5.6)

4 (22.2)

2 (11.1)

5 (27.8)

> = 65

24

5 (20.8)

4 (16.7)

7 (29.2)

3 (12.5)

5 (20.8)

HH

Parent

82

16 (19.5)

30 (36.6)

14 (17.1)

13 (15.9)

9 (11.0)

Spouse

53

15 (28.3)

10 (18.9)

13 (24.5)

8 (15.1)

7 (13.2)

Respondent

119

22 (18.5)

13 (10.9)

21 (17.7)

32 (26.9)

31 (26.1)

Other

10

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

5 (50.0)

0 (0.0)

5 (50.0)

Respondent’s education level

None

203

42 (20.7)

46 (22.7)

44 (21.7)

43 (21.2)

28 (13.8)

Primary

46

11 (23.9)

5 (10.9)

9 (19.6)

10 (21.7)

11 (23.9)

Secondary

11

0 (0.0)

2 (18.2)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

9 (81.8)

Tertiary

4

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

4 (100)

HH’s education level

No education

209

44 (21.1)

50 (23.9)

43 (20.6)

43 (20.6)

29 (13.9)

Primary

33

8 (24.2)

2 (6.1)

9 (27.3)

8 (24.2)

6 (18.2)

Secondary

17

1 (5.9)

1 (5.9)

1 (5.9)

2 (11.8)

12 (70.6)

Tertiary

5

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

5 (100)

Respondent’s occupation

None

73

13 (17.8)

26 (35.6)

21 (28.8)

8 (11.0)

5 (6.9)

Subsistence farmer

146

32 (21.9)

22 (15.1)

27 (18.5)

35 (24.0)

30 (20.6)

Formal

7

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

7 (100)

Informal

19

1 (5.3)

2 (10.5)

4 (21.1)

4 (21.1)

8 (42.1)

Student

19

7 (36.8)

3 (15.8)

1 (5.3)

6 (31.6)

2 (10.5)

Employed

Yes

50

1 (2.0)

4 (8.0)

10 (20.0)

15 (30.0)

20 (40.0)

No

158

40 (25.3)

25 (15.8)

33 (20.9)

31 (19.6)

29 (18.4)

Not applicableɣ

56

12 (21.4)

24 (42.9)

10 (17.9)

7 (12.5)

3 (5.4)

HH’s occupation

None

20

7 (35.0)

2 (10.0)

5 (25.0)

5 (25.0)

1 (5.0)

Subsistence farmer

206

46 (22.3)

47 (22.8)

40 (19.4)

42 (20.4)

31 (15.1)

Formal

13

0 (0.0)

1 (7.7)

0 (0.0)

2 (15.4)

10 (76.9)

Informal

25

0 (0.0)

3 (12.0)

8 (32.0)

4 (16.0)

10 (40.0)

HH employed

Yes

67

2 (3.0)

7 (10.5)

13 (19.4)

21 (31.3)

24 (35.8)

No

195

51 (26.2)

46 (23.6)

39 (20.0)

31 (15.9)

28 (14.4)

Not applicableɣ

2

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (50.0)

1 (50.0)

0 (0.0)

Marital statusɸ

Single

33

5 (15.2)

8 (24.2)

5 (15.2)

5 (15.2)

10 (30.3)

Married

131

30 (22.9)

19 (14.5)

26 (19.9)

30 (22.9)

26 (19.9)

Divorced/separated

15

4 (26.7)

1 (6.7)

1 (6.7)

4 (26.7

5 (33.3)

Widowed

21

4 (26.7)

2 (9.5)

6 (28.6)

4 (19.1)

5 (33.3)

Meals per day

One

90

20 (22.2)

21 (23.3)

18 (20.0)

19 (21.1)

12 (13.3)

Two

137

30 (21.9)

30 (21.9)

32 (23.4)

21 (15.3)

24 (17.5)

Three or more

37

3 (8.1)

2 (5.4)

3 (8.1)

13 (35.1)

16 (43.2)

Meal satisfaction

Yes

152

12 (7.9)

31 (20.4)

32 (21.2)

39 (25.7)

38 (25.0)

No

112

41 (36.6)

22 (19.6)

21 (18.8)

14 (12.5)

14 (12.5)

Alcohol consumption

Yes

130

26 (20.0)

22 (16.9)

27 (20.8)

27 (20.8)

28 (21.5)

No

134

27 (20.2)

31 (23.1)

26 (19.4)

26 (19.4)

24 (17.9)

  1. ɣ Not applicable was defined as participants under the age of 15 who were not in school or employed
  2. ɸ Marital status was not evaluated for participants under 15 who were not married, divorced/separated or widowed
  3. HH Household head