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Table 2 Financial and disease information for migrant and resident leprosy patients

From: Evaluation of the economic burden of leprosy among migrant and resident patients in Guangdong Province, China

 

Migrants

n (%)

Residents

n (%)

Total

n (%)

χ2

P Value

Medical insurance

 Yes

63 (72.4)

153 (91.6)

216 (85.0)

15.265

<0.001

 No

22 (25.3)

13 (7.8)

35 (13.8)

 No data

2 (2.3)

1 (0.6)

3 (1.2)

Debt

 Yes

19 (21.8)

45 (26.9)

64 (25.2)

0.708

0.400

 No

67 (77.0)

122 (73.1)

189 (74.4)

 No data

1 (1.1)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.4)

Financial aid

 Yes

20 (23.0)

25 (15.0)

45 (17.7)

2.760

0.115

 No

60 (69.0)

131 (78.4)

191 (75.2)

 No data

7 (8.0)

11 (6.6)

18 (7.1)

Income Changing after diagnosed

 Decrease

29(33.3)

69(41.3)

98(38.6)

5.79

0.055

 Increase

10(11.5)

7(4.2)

17(6.7)

 Insignificant

40(46.0)

87(52.1)

127(50.0)

 No data

8(9.2)

4(2.4)

12(4.7)

Job Changing after diagnosed

 Loss job

13(14.9)

25(15.0)

38(15.0)

22.614

<0.001

 Go home and be a farmer

1(1.1)

16(9.6)

17(6.7)

 Change job

24(27.6)

20(12.0)

44(17.3)

 Unemployment both before and after diagnosed

9(10.3)

45(26.9)

54(21.3)

 No change

39(44.8)

61(36.5)

100(39.4)

 No data

1(1.1)

0

1(0.4)

Leprosy typea

 TT

4 (4.6)

4 (2.4)

8 (3.1)

13.220

0.033

 BT

12 (13.8)

37 (22.2/)

49 (19.3)

 BB

4 (4.6)

13 (7.8)

17 (6.7)

 BL

21 (24.1)

41 (24.6)

62 (24.4)

 LL

41 (47.1)

67 (40.1)

108 (42.5)

 I

3 (3.4)

0 (0.0)

3 (1.2)

 no data

2 (2.3)

5 (3.0)

7 (2.8)

Delay time

 Two years and below

42 (48.3)

95 (56.9)

137 (53.9)

1.566

0.667

 2–5 years

22 (25.3)

33 (19.8)

55 (21.7)

 5–10 years

11 (12.6)

22 (13.2)

33 (13.0)

 10 years and up

6 (6.9)

11 (6.6)

17 (6.7)

 No data

6 (6.9)

6 (3.6)

12 (4. 7)

G1Db

 Yes

7 (8.0)

28 (16.8)

35 (13.8)

3.491

0.043

 No

78 (89.7)

138 (82.6)

216 (85.0)

 No data

2 (2.3)

1 (0.6)

3 (1.2)

G2D

 Yes

12 (13.8)

31 (18.6)

43 (16.9)

0.822

0.479

 No

73 (83.9)

135 (80.8)

208 (81.9)

 No data

2 (2.3)

1 (0.6)

3(1.2)

Neuritis

 Yes

25 (28.7)

42 (25.1)

67 (26.4)

0.485

0.547

 No

60 (69.0)

124 (74.3)

184 (72.4)

 No data

2 (2.3)

1 (0.6)

3 (1.2)

Lepra reaction

 Yes

28 (32.2)

37 (22.8)

66 (26.0)

2.929

0.097

 No

57 (65.5)

128 (76.6)

185 (72.8)

 No data

2 (2.3)

1 (0.6)

3 (1.2)

  1. aTT-Tuberculosis leprosy; BT-borderline tuberculoid leprosy; BB-borderline leprosy; BL-borderline lepromatous leprosy; LL-lepromatous leprosy; I-indeterminate leprosy
  2. bThe leprosy disability grades were in terms of the standard of the sixth leprosy experts committee of WHO (1988)