Table 3 Baseline Characteristics of Study Participants
Characteristics | Number (%), N = 103 |
|---|---|
Gender | |
 Female | 43 (41.7) |
 Male | 60 (58.3) |
 Age in years, median (IQR) | 37 (30–47) |
Age categories | |
 20–34 | 42 (40.8) |
 35–80 | 61 (59.2) |
Marital status | |
 Single/Single/Divorced/Separated | 48 (46.6) |
 Married | 55 (53.4) |
Occupation | |
 Farmer | 37 (35.9) |
 Business | 24 (23.3) |
 Employed | 33 (32.1) |
 Unemployed | 9 (8.7) |
Daily income ($)a | |
 < 1$ | 67 (65.1) |
 ≥1$ | 36 (34.9) |
Education | |
 None | 11 (10.8) |
 Primary | 58 (56.9) |
 Secondary | 24 (23.5) |
 Tertiary | 9 (8.8) |
HIV status | |
 Negative | 63 (61.2) |
 Positive | 40 (38.8) |
Duration on MDR-TB treatment (months)a | |
 Median (IQR) | 10 (5–16) |
Categories | |
 <  6 months | 31 (30.4) |
 ≥ 6 months | 71 (69.6) |