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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of participants

From: Drug susceptibility profiles of pulmonary Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from patients in informal urban settlements in Nairobi, Kenya

Characteristic

Male (n = 127)

Female (n = 57)

Total (N = 184)

Age

 18–23

9 (7.1 %)

12 (21.1 %)

21 (11.4 %)

 24–29

39 (30.7 %)

17 (29.8 %)

56 (30.4 %)

 30–35

32 (25.2 %)

17 (29.8 %)

49 (26.6 %)

 36–41

30 (23.6 %)

9 (15.8 %)

39 (21.2 %)

 42–47

11 (8.7 %)

2 (3.5 %)

13 (7.1 %

 48+

6 (4.7 %)

0 (0.0 %)

6 (3.3 %)

Marital status

 Married

81 (63.8 %)

29 (50.9 %)

110 (59.8 %)

 Single

44 (34.6 %)

26 (45.6 %)

70 (38.0 %)

 Divorced

2 (1.6 %)

2 (3.5 %)

4 (2.2 %)

Education

 Never

0 (0.0 %)

1 (1.8 %)

1 (0.5 %)

 Primary

48 (37.8 %)

25 (43.9 %)

73 (39.7 %)

 Secondary

59 (46.5 %)

28 (49.1 %)

87 (47.3 %)

 College

20 (15.7 %)

3 (5.3 %)

23 (12.5 %)

House type

 Homeless

2 (1.6 %)

0 (0.0 %)

2 (1.1 %)

 Hut

17 (13.4 %)

11 (19.3 %)

28 (15.2 %)

 Iron sheet

39 (30.7 %)

18 (31.6 %)

57 (31.0 %)

 Stonewall

69 (54.3 %)

28 (49.1 %)

97 (52.7 %)

Source of Income

 Unemployed

9 (7.1 %)

5 (8.8 %)

14 (7.6 %)

 Casual worker

97 (76.4 %)

41 (71.9 %)

138 (75.0 %)

 Salaried

18 (14.2 %)

2 (3.5 %)

20 (10.9 %)

 Dependant

3 (2.4 %)

9 (15.8 %)

12 (6.5 %)