Total Delay in Treatment of Tuberculosis and Associated Factors among New Pulmonary TB Patients in Selected Health Facilities of Gedeo Zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2017/18

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of the study participants among selected health facilities of Gedeo Zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2017/18.

Variables	Frequency (N= 422)	Percentage (%)
Sex of the participants
Male	235	55.7
Female	187	44.3
Age of the participants/ year
15-25	132	31.3
26-35	125	29.6
36-45	104	24.6
>45	61	14.5
Marital status of patients
Married	234	55.5
Single	170	40.3
Others	18	4.3
Educational status/level
Not attended formal education	176	41.7
Primary school	144	34.1
Secondary school	70	16.6
Higher education	32	7.6
Religion of the study participants
Orthodox Christian	94	22.3
Protestant Christian	272	64.5
Muslim	56	13.3
Study participants place of residence
Urban	175	41.5
Rural	247	58.5
Ethnicity of the study participants
Gedeo	247	58.5
Oromo	82	19.4
Amhara	36	8.5
Sedama	39	9.2
Others	18	4.3
Occupation of the study participants
Farmer	195	46.2
Employed	56	13.3
Daily laborer	45	10.7
Student	77	18.2
Merchant	49	11.6
Mean family size of the study participants
1-4 individuals	146	34.6
5-7 individuals	202	47.9
>7 individuals	74	17.5
Estimated mean monthly family income /ETB
≤500	172	40.8
501-1000	122	28.9
>1000	51	12.1
Unknown/no- regular income	77	18.2