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Table 1 Summary statistics of sample characteristics, 2010

From: Patient predictors of health-seeking behaviour for persons coughing for more than two weeks in high-burden tuberculosis communities: the case of the Western Cape, South Africa

Continuous covariates

Sample mean (n = 922)a

Std. Dev.

‘Consult’ mean (n = 340)

Std. Dev.

‘Did not consult’ mean (n = 582)b

Std. Dev.

Stigma Index*

−0.06

0.88

−0.12

0.90

−0.03

0.87

Age

40.25

14.82

42.29

14.84

39.05

14.68

Educationc

7.64

3.63

7.66

3.68

7.63

3.60

Asset Index

−0.08

1.07

−0.19

1.15

−0.02

1.02

Dichotomous covariates

Sample proportions (n = 922)

Std. Dev.

‘Consult’ proportions (n = 340)

Std. Dev.

‘Did not consult’ proportions (n = 582)

Std. Dev.

Men**

0.42

0.50

0.39

0.49

0.45

0.50

Black ethnicity***

0.84

0.37

0.91

0.29

0.80

0.40

Employed

0.29

0.45

0.26

0.44

0.30

0.46

HIV positive*

0.19

0.39

0.22

0.42

0.17

0.38

Drinks daily

0.06

0.24

0.07

0.25

0.06

0.24

Smoked***

0.46

0.50

0.36

0.48

0.52

0.50

  1. *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1 (derived from two-sample t test with equal variances (continuous covariates) and chi-square test (dichotomous covariates))
  2. an = 921 for age variable
  3. bn = 581 for age variable
  4. cEducation = years of education
  5. Source: Own calculations, ZAMSTAR (2010)