Spiritual Holy Water Sites in Ethiopia: Unrecognized High-Risk Settings for Transmission of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Table 2
Proportion of bacteriologically confirmed PTB with socio-demographic characteristics of participants (n = 560).
Socio-demographic characteristics
Prevalence of culture-positive PTB
value
Positive, n (%)
Negative, n (%)
Sex
Male
67 (21.8)
241 (78.2)
1.00
Female
55 (21.8)
197 (78.2)
Age group (year)
18–33
75 (28.5)
188 (71.5)
0.001
34–49
31 (14.9)
177 (85.1)
≥50
16 (18.0)
73 (82.0)
Residence
Urban
46 (17.8)
212 (82.2)
0.040
Rural
76 (25.2)
226 (74.8)
Marital status
Married
85 (23.9)
271 (76.1)
0.136
Single
37 (18.1)
167 (81.9)
Educational status
Can’t read and write
59 (23.0)
197 (77.0)
0.396
Primary school
30 (18.2)
135 (81.8)
Secondary school and above
33 (23.7)
106 (76.3)
Household size
1–5
57 (19.4)
237 (80.6)
0.153
>5
65 (24.4)
201 (75.6)
Occupation
Farmer
45 (19.1)
190 (80.9)
0.495
Employeda
6 (25.0)
18 (75.0)
Unemployedb
23 (19.7)
94 (80.3)
Housewife
24 (25.5)
70 (74.5)
Students and others
24 (26.7)
66 (73.3)
Notes. Single, divorced, and widowed; religious leaders and deacons; PTB: pulmonary tuberculosis; aconstruction worker, administrative worker, healthcare worker, public transport worker; bbusinessman, trader, daily laborer.
