| | Characteristics | Characteristics (correct response) | Women
(%) | Men
(%) | Total
(%) |
| | Awareness | Heard of tuberculosis or TB (yes) | 15,045 (89.92) | 13,518 (95.09) | 28,563 (92.3) |
| | Transmission: tuberculosis spread by | Air when coughing or sneezing (yes) | 8,644 (49.97) | 9,036 (61.84) | 17,680 (55.44) | | Sharing utensils (no) | 11,568 (71.6) | 8,673 (65.33) | 20,241 (68.71) | | Touching a person with TB (no) | 14,864 (92.32) | 12,587 (90.74) | 27,451 (91.59) | | Food (no) | 15,284 (93.5) | 13,093 (93.03) | 28,377 (93.29) | | Sexual contact (no) | 15,656 (95.94) | 13,513 (96.97) | 29,169 (96.42) | | Mosquito bites (no) | 16,379 (99.47) | 13,958 (99.19) | 30,337 (99.34) | | Drinking unboiled milk (yes) | 312 (1.82) | 423 (2.55) | 735 (2.16) | | Exposure to cold (no) | 12,894 (79.22) | 11,124 (80.12) | 24,018 (79.64) |
| | Symptom/signs: symptoms of a person with TB | Persistent cough (>2 weeks) (yes) | 11,354 (66.56) | 11,141 (77.02) | 22,495 (71.38) | | Weight loss (yes) | 5,250 (28.44) | 6,131 (42.54) | 11,381 (34.94) | | Poor appetite (yes) | 1,870 (9.304) | 1,940 (15.15) | 3,810 (12) | | Night sweating (yes) | 905 (3.7) | 853 (4.16) | 1,758 (3.91) | | Chest pain (yes) | 1,033 (6.16) | 1,020 (5.57) | 2,053 (5.89) | | Fever (yes) | 2,121 (9.16) | 1,974 (9.99) | 4,095 (9.54) |
| | Treatment | Tuberculosis can be cured (yes) | 12,564 (79.8) | 12,302 (89.45) | 24,866 (84.38) |
| | Attitude | Will keep TB patient in family a secret (no) | 10,724 (72.12) | 11,025 (81.25) | 21,749 (76.47) |
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