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Table 4 Socio demographic characteristics of study participants and level of Association (Chi square), August 01, 2017- January 05, 2018

From: Prevalence of tuberculosis, multidrug resistant tuberculosis and associated risk factors among smear negative presumptive pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Variables

Positive (n = 27)

Negative (n = 391)

P-value

Sex

 Male

19

167

0.005

 Female

8

223

 Total

27

390

Age Group

 0–14

0.0

20

0.237

 15–24

8

86

 25–34

11

113

 35–44

05

56

 45–54

01

52

 55–64

02

25

 > 65

0.0

38

 Total

27

390

Religion

 Orthodox

20

303

0.935

 Muslim

5

52

 Protestant

2

31

 Catholic

0.0

02

 Other

0.0

02

 Total

27

390

Level of Education

 None(No Formal Education)

06

106

0.496

 Standard grade 1–7

04

112

 Standard grade 8–10

06

82

 Standard grade 11–12

05

48

 Diploma(level 1–4 Certificate)

03

23

 First Degree

02

18

 Second Degree & above

0.0

0.0

 Total

26

389

Work status

 Farmer

01

30

0.006

 Daily Laborer

06

70

 House wife

01

86

 Driver

0.0

10

 Teacher

0.0

07

 Student

0.0

46

 Merchant

0.0

14

 Health Care Worker

01

02

 Government employee

02

32

 Self-employed

07

53

 Other

07

36

 Total

25

386

Marital Status

 Single

14

145

0.460

 Married

11

206

 Divorced

02

20

 Widowed

0.0

16

 Separated

0.0

02

 Total

27

389

  1. This was done based on both GeneXpert and culture results