Correlates of Delayed Diagnosis among Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Pulmonary Tuberculosis Suspects in a Rural HIV Clinic, South Africa

Table 1

Socioeconomic characteristics of study participants.

Characteristic	N	(%)
Marital status
Divorced	81	18.2
Married	131	29.4
Never married	175	39.2
Widowed	59	13.2
Total	446	100.0
Education level
No education	90	20.1
Primary	191	42.8
Secondary	152	34.0
Tertiary	14	3.1
Total	447	100.0
Occupation status
Salaried worker	46	10.3
Unemployed and willing to work	142	31.6
Unemployed and not willing to work	261	58.1
Total	449	100.0
Cigarette smoker
No	359	80.7
Yes	86	19.3
Total	445	100.0
Alcohol drinker
No	355	79.9
Yes	89	20.1
Total	444	100.0
Main material walls of house
Block cement	229	51.0
Brick	115	25.6
Mud	105	23.4
Total	449	100.0
People in households
1 to 5	239	53.1
6 to 10	187	41.6
>10	24	5.3
Total	450	100.0

N: number of study participants in each variable.