Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of pediatric patient with TB and Without TB in public health facilities of Bale zone, south east Ethiopia, 2016
Variable | Level | Disease status | |
|---|---|---|---|
Case | Control | ||
Frequency (%) | Frequency (%) | ||
Age | ≤5 | 39 (27.5) | 106 (37.3) |
5–10 | 50 (35.2) | 105 (36.9) | |
10–15 | 53 (37.3) | 73 (25.7) | |
Sex | Male | 71 (50) | 136 (47.9) |
Female | 71 (50) | 148 (52.1) | |
Religion | Muslim | 102 (71.8) | 142 (50) |
Orthodox | 32 (22.5) | 109 (38.4) | |
Protestant | 2 (1.4) | 30 (10.6) | |
Catholic | 2 (1.4%) | 2 (0.7) | |
Wakefeta | 4 (2.8%) | 1 (0.4) | |
Ethnicity | Amhara | 9 (6.3%) | 62 (21.8) |
Oromo | 121 (85.2%) | 178 (62.7) | |
Tigre | 2 (1.4%) | 13 (4.6) | |
Gurage | 2 (1.4%) | 14 (4.9) | |
Others | 8 (5.6%) | 17 (6.0) | |
Child’s educational status | Can’t read and write | 13 (9.2%) | 5 (1.8) |
Not enrolled | 54 (38.0%) | 135 (47.5) | |
Primary school | 68 (47.9%) | 140 (49.3) | |
Secondary school | 7 (4.9%) | 4 (1.4) | |
Mother’s educational status | Can’t read and write | 69 (48.6%) | 59 (20.8) |
Can read and write | 29 (20.4%) | 46 (16.2) | |
Primary school | 20 (14.1%) | 71 (25.0) | |
Secondary education | 19 (13.4) | 74 (26.1) | |
Above secondary education | 5 (3.5) | 34 (12.0) | |
Father’s educational status | Can’t read and write | 39 (27.5) | 35 (12.3) |
Can read and write | 45 (31.7) | 46 (16.2) | |
Primary school | 26 (18.3) | 48 (16.9) | |
Secondary education | 20 (14.1) | 86 (30.3) | |
Above secondary education | 12 (8.5) | 69 (24.3) | |
Mother’s occupation | Farmer | 34 (23.9) | 27 (9.5) |
Merchant | 25 (17.6) | 83 (29.5) | |
Gov’t employee | 8 (5.6) | 47 (16.5) | |
Non gov’t employee | 2 (1.4) | 15 (5.3) | |
Day labor | 3 (2.1) | 5 (1.8) | |
Housewife | 70 (49.3) | 107 (37.7) | |
Father’s occupation | Farmer | 82 (57.7) | 73 (25.7) |
Merchant | 32 (22.5) | 77 (27.1) | |
Gov’t employee | 13 (9.2) | 84 (29.6) | |
Non gov’t employee | 6 (4.2) | 28 (9.9) | |
Day labor | 3 (2.1) | 13 (4.6) | |
Pastoral | 2 (1.4) | 3 (1.1) | |
Others | 4 (2.8) | 6 (2.1) | |
Family size | ≤5 | 65 (45.8) | 185 (65.1) |
> 5 | 77 (54.2) | 99 (34.9) | |