Table 3 Logistic regression of factors associated with the intention to conceal TB Status in family members in SSA

Current age (Categorical)

10–19

1.00

1.00

20–29

0.76

0.71–0.80

< 0.001

0.73

0.68–0.79

< 0.001

30–39

0.63

0.59–0.67

< 0.001

0.56

0.52–0.61

< 0.001

40–49

0.55

0.51–0.59

< 0.001

0.47

0.43–0.52

< 0.001

Sex of participants

Male

1.00

1.00

Female

0.94

0.89–0.98

0.005

1.03

0.97–1.08

0.363

Current marital status

Never married

1.00

1.00

Married

0.97

0.92–1.02

0.233

1.03

0.95–1.11

0.473

Living together

0.86

0.80–0.93

< 0.001

1.00

0.91–1.09

0.933

Widowed

0.76

0.66–0.87

< 0.001

1.04

0.89–1.21

0.601

Divorced

0.99

0.91–1.08

0.855

1.00

0.90–1.11

0.973

Type of place of residence

Urban

1.00

1.00

Rural

1.23

1.18–1.29

< 0.001

0.92

0.86–0.98

0.008

Highest educational level

No education

1.00

1.00

Primary

1.26

1.17–1.35

< 0.001

0.90

0.83–0.98

0.015

Secondary

0.91

0.84–0.98

0.009

0.70

0.64–0.77

< 0.001

Higher

0.54

0.47–0.62

< 0.001

0.50

0.42–0.58

< 0.001

Religion

Christian

1.00

1.00

Islam

1.13

1.01–1.27

0.034

1.22

1.07–1.38

0.002

Other

0.87

0.76–1.00

0.047

0.80

0.69–0.92

0.003

Frequency of reading newspaper

Not at all

1.00

1.00

Less than once a week

0.97

0.91–1.03

0.369

1.03

0.95–1.10

0.493

At least once a week

0.76

0.71–0.82

< 0.001

0.86

0.79–0.93

< 0.001

Almost every day

0.44

0.38–0.52

< 0.001

1.16

0.95–1.42

0.139

Frequency of listening to a radio

Not at all

1.00

1.00

Less than once a week

0.93

0.87–0.99

0.017

0.99

0.92–1.06

0.715

At least once a week

0.89

0.85–0.94

< 0.001

1.00

0.94–1.06

0.929

Almost every day

0.50

0.45–0.56

< 0.001

0.93

0.78–1.11

0.399

Frequency of watching television

Not at all

1.00

1.00

Less than once a week

0.91

0.85–0.98

0.009

1.00

0.92–1.08

0.999

At least once a week

0.88

0.83–0.93

< 0.001

0.95

0.88–1.02

0.171

Almost every day

0.66

0.59–0.75

< 0.001

0.87

0.72–1.06

0.163

Wealth index

Poorest

1.00

1.00

Poorer

0.85

0.79–0.91

< 0.001

0.86

0.80–0.92

< 0.001

Middle

0.84

0.78–0.90

< 0.001

0.89

0.83–0.96

0.004

Richer

0.73

0.68–0.78

< 0.001

0.83

0.77–0.90

< 0.001

Richest

0.68

0.63–0.73

< 0.001

0.84

0.76–0.93

< 0.001

Country

Eswatini

1.00

1.00

Ghana

4.25

3.79–4.77

< 0.001

4.50

3.82–5.29

< 0.001

Lesotho

2.10

1.86–2.37

< 0.001

2.07

1.76–2.44

< 0.001

Liberia

1.23

1.07–1.42

0.003

1.12

0.93–1.34

0.224

Malawi

4.56

4.11–5.06

< 0.001

4.08

3.50–4.76

< 0.001

Namibia

3.95

3.53–4.42

< 0.001

4.40

3.76–5.14

< 0.001

Sao-Tome and Principe

5.00

4.29–5.82

< 0.001

5.50

4.57–6.62

< 0.001