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Table 1 Participant Characteristics (N = 109)

From: Detection of latent tuberculosis infection among migrant farmworkers along the US-Mexico border

Characteristic

Number

Percent

 Demographic Characteristics:

  Gendera

   Male

83

76.9

   Female

25

23.1

  Age: 46.8 ± 15.2 (mean ± SD)a

   18–34 years

31

28.7

   35–49 years

25

23.1

   50–64 years

38

35.2

   65–75 years

14

13.0

  Educationb

   None or some primary

18

18.4

   Completed primary

24

24.5

   Some secondary

37

37.8

   Completed high school or above

19

19.4

  Employment (hours/week)b

   Full time (≥30)

60

61.2

   Part time (<30)

20

20.4

   Unemployed/Not working

18

18.4

  Health insurancec

   Yes

30

30.3

   No

67

67.7

   Do not know

2

1.0

  Years of farmwork: 19.2 ± 13.6 (mean ± SD)d

    < 5 years.

21

22.3

   5–10 year.

15

16.0

   10–25 years.

28

29.8

    > 25 years.

30

31.9

  No. total persons per householdb

   1–3

50

51

    ≥ 4

48

49

  No. total persons sleeping in same roomb

   1

32

32.7

   2

42

42.9

    ≥ 3

24

24.5

 Risk Factors:

  Prior BCG vaccinatione

   Yes

54

74.0

   No

11

15.1

   Do not know

8

11.0

  Excess alcohol usef

   Yes

53

60.9

   No

33

37.9

   Refuse to answer

1

1.1

  Current or former smokerf

   Yes

29

33.3

   No

56

64.4

   Do not know

1

1.1

   Refuse to answer

1

1.1

  Current or former injection drug useg

   Yes

8

9.3

   No

78

90.7

  Diabetes/High blood sugarf

   Yes

10

13.3

   No

63

84.0

   Do not know

2

2.7

  1. Abbreviations: SD standard deviation, BCG Bacillus Calmette-Guerin
  2. aOne missing
  3. b11 missing
  4. c10 missing
  5. d15 missing
  6. e36 missing
  7. f22 missing
  8. g23 missing