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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of adult TB patients in some selected public health facilities of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2014

From: Prevalence and associated factors of undernutrition among adult tuberculosis patients in some selected public health facilities of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Variable

Number

Percent

Age(N = 360)

  

  < 24

90

25

 24-30

94

26.1

 31-40

87

24.2

  > 40

89

24.7

Sex

  

 Male

201

55.8

 Female

159

44.2

Ethnicity

  

 Amhara

165

45.8

 Tigre

34

9.4

 Oromo

76

21.1

 Guraghe

66

18.3

 Other

19

5.3

Marital Status

  

 Married

155

43.1

 Unmarried

154

42.8

 Divorced/separated

24

6.7

 Widowed

27

7.5

Educational Status

  

 Illiterate/ read and write

83

23.1

 Primary school

98

27.2

 Secondary school

113

31.4

 Tertiary education

66

18.3

Occupational Status

  

 Employed(Gov, NGO)

83

23.1

 Merchant /self-employed

122

33.9

 Daily Laborers/house made

53

14.7

 Unemployed (student, housemaid)

102

28.3

Monthly income(N = 256)

  

  < =800 ETB

77

21.4

 800-1500 ETB

86

24.4

  > = 1500 ETB

130

25.3

Family Size

  

  < =Four

255

70.8

  > Four

105

29.2