Sociodemographic characteristics of patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) at selected multidrug-resistant TB treatment initiative centres, southern Ethiopia, 2021.
| Variables | Cases N (%) | Controls N (%) |
| Age, years | ||
| 19–30 | 13 (16.46) | 23 (7.35) |
| 30–40 | 45 (56.96) | 176 (56.23) |
| ≥41 | 21 (26.58) | 114 (36.42) |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 44 (55.69) | 172 (54.95) |
| Female | 35 (44.31) | 141 (45.05) |
| Marital status | ||
| Single | 29 (36.71) | 124 (39.62) |
| Married | 50 (62.29) | 189 (60.38) |
| Educational level | ||
| No formal education | 46 (58.23) | 160 (51.11) |
| Primary education | 18 (22.78) | 68 (21.72) |
| Secondary and above education | 15 (18.99) | 85 (27.15) |
| Religion | ||
| Protestant | 23 (29.11) | 124 (39.80) |
| Orthodox | 31 (39.24) | 82 (26.11) |
| Muslim | 19 (24.05) | 96 (30.60) |
| Others | 6 (7.61) | 11 (3.52) |
| Occupation | ||
| Farmer | 15 (18.89) | 45 (14.38) |
| Housewife | 8 (10.12) | 40 (12.78) |
| Merchant | 19 (24.05) | 53 (16.93) |
| Government employee | 21 (26.58) | 104 (33.22) |
| Student | 12 (15.19) | 64 (20.45) |
| Others | 4 (5.06) | 7 (2.23) |
| Place of residence | ||
| Rural | 43 (54.43) | 116 (36.94) |
| Urban | 36 (45.57) | 198 (63.06) |