Table 5 Influence of characteristics on “aware” grade for TB in a rural population in Zhejiang Province, China, December 2010- April 2011 (N = 36,377)

Age group

 15~29

4,875 (84.23)

913 (15.77)

1.00

 30~44

8,818 (85.03)

1,553 (14.97)

1.07 (0.95 -1.21)

0.0316

 45~59

9,443 (76.82)

2,850 (23.18)

0.87 (0.77-0.99)

0.2579

 ≥60

5,141 (64.87)

2,784 (35.13)

0.65 (0.57-0.74)

<0.001

Sex

 Male

14,452 (79.14)

3,809 (20.86)

1.00

 Female

13,825 (76.31)

4,291 (23.69)

0.93 (0.88-0.98)

0.0122

Education

 Primary school or illiterate

11,362 (68.69)

5,179 (31.31)

1.00

 Junior high school

11,910 (83.77)

2,308 (16.23)

1.72 (1.60-1.85)

<0.001

 Senior high school

3,633 (88.80)

458 (11.20)

2.55 (2.25- 2.90)

<0.001

 Above senior high school

1,372 (89.85)

155 (10.15)

2.94 (2.39-3.63)

<0.001

Occupation

 Farming

16,737 (76.48)

5,148 (23.52)

1.00

 Factory worker

3,931 (80.88)

929 (19.12)

0.77 (0.71 -0.85)

<0.001

 Student

1,341 (80.40)

327 (19.60)

0.69 (0.58-0.83)

<0.001

 Unemployed

2,253 (70.94)

923 (29.06)

0.82 (0.75-0.90)

<0.001

 Administration and management

623 (91.08)

61 (8.92)

1.36 (1.01 -1.84)

0.0459

 Commercial/food services

1,699 (85.25)

294 (14.75)

1.11 (0.96-1.28)

0.1482

 Other

1,693 (80.20)

418 (19.80)

0.82 (0.72-0.93)

0.0019

Marital status

 Currently married

23,697 (77.79)

6,765 (22.21)

1.00

 Currently unmarried

4,580 (77.43)

1,335 (22.57)

0.90 (0.82-0.99)

0.0232

Census registry

 Local

27,177 (77.86)

7,730 (22.14)

1.00

 Non-local

1,100 (74.83)

370 (25.17)

0.74 (0.65-0.86)

<0.001

TB health publicity

 Yes

24,465 (87.02)

3,648 (12.98)

1.00

 No

3,812 (46.13)

4,452 (53.87)

0.15 (0.14-0.15)

<0.001