Table 6 Multivariate linear regression model: association between socio-demographic characteristics and cost of TB treatment support

Age

-0.1 [-0.2, 0.1]

0.0 [-0.1, 0.2]

0.0 [-0.3, 0.2]

0.4; 0.641

Gender

2.7; 0.100

 Male

0.0 (reference)

0.0 (reference)

0.0 (reference)

 Female

4.0 [-0.8, 8.8]

-27.1 [-32.4, -21.8] ***

-23.1 [-30.7, -15.5] ***

Marital status

 Never married

0.0 (reference)

0.0 (reference)

0.0 (reference)

3.0; 0.029 *

 Married

2.8 [-2.9, 8.6]

29.2 [22.9, 35.6] ***

32.1 [23.0, 41.2] ***

 Widowed

26.0 [7.1, 44.8] **

-42.0 [-62.9, -21.0] ***

-16.0 [-46.0, 14.0]

 Divorce

-2.1 [-11.6, 7.3]

38.4 [27.9, 48.9] ***

36.2 [21.2, 51.3] ***

Religion

 Christian

0.0 (reference)

0.0 (reference)

0.0 (reference)

10.3; 0.002 **

 Non-Chris

-7.4 [-12.0, -2.9] **

19.2 [14.1, 24.2] ***

11.7 [4.5, 19.0] **

Highest education

4.7; 0.003 **

 Primary

0.0 (reference)

0.0 (reference)

0.0 (reference)

 Junior high

13.1 [-4.8, 30.9]

-8.2 [-28.1, 11.6]

4.8 [-23.5, 33.2]

 Senior high

15.2 [-2.8, 33.1]

-19.6 [-39.6, 0.3]

-4.4 [-33.0, 24.1]

 Tertiary

12.1 [5.2, 19.0] **

-48.6 [-56.3, -40.9] ***

-36.5 [-47.5, -25.6] ***

Ethnicity

2.9; 0.057

 Akan

0.0 (reference)

0.0 (reference)

0.0 (reference)

 Bono

-15.4 [-32.2, 1.4]

9.3 [-9.3, 28.0]

-6.1 [-32.7, 20.6]

 Dagaaba/ Frafra/ Mo

-11.7 [-28.1, 4.6]

9.9 [-8.3, 28.0]

-1.9 [-27.9, 24.1]

Household size

1.1 [0.2, 2.0] *

1.4 [0.4, 2.4] **

2.5 [1.1, 3.9] ***

6.2; 0.002 **

Employment sector

0.1; 0.722

 Formal

0.0 (reference)

0.0 (reference)

0.0 (reference)

 Informal

-0.9 [-5.9, 4.1]

75.5 [70.0, 81.0] ***

74.6 [66.8, 82.5] ***

Monthly income (₵100)

0.0 [-1.0, 0.9]

-4.1 [-5.2, -3.0] ***

-4.2 [-5.7, -2.6] ***

28.7; < 0.001***

Relationship to patient

0.3; 0.840

 Family member

0.0 (reference)

0.0 (reference)

0.0 (reference)

 Friend

-0.7 [-4.1, 2.7]

2.4 [-1.3, 6.2]

1.7 [-3.7, 7.1]

 Health worker

-0.4 [-8.7, 7.9]

21.6 [12.3, 30.8] ***

21.2 [7.9, 34.4] **

 Spouse

-4.0 [-14.1, 6.1]

-0.4 [-11.6, 10.8]

-4.4 [-20.4, 11.6]

District

7.2; < 0.001***

 Berekum

0.0 (reference)

0.0 (reference)

0.0 (reference)

 Dormaa

6.3 [2.3, 10.4] **

-1.2 [-5.7, 3.3]

5.1 [-1.3, 11.6]

 Jaman North

4.8 [0.5, 9.1] *

-1.9 [-6.7, 2.8]

2.9 [-3.9, 9.7]

 Jaman South

-4.7 [-9.2, -0.2] *

-4.7 [-9.7, 0.3]

-9.4 [-16.6, -2.2] *

 Sunyani

-1.8 [-5.2, 1.7]

-0.3 [-4.1, 3.6]

-2.0 [-7.5, 3.5]

 Tain

3.1 [-0.6, 6.9]

-0.8 [-5.0, 3.3]

2.3 [-3.6, 8.3]