Awareness of the Warning Signs, Risk Factors, and Treatment for Tuberculosis among Urban Nigerians

Table 1

General characteristics of the study subjects.

Characteristics	𝑛 (%)
Age	30 (23–40)*
Sex
Male	308 (53.7)
Female	266 (46.6)
Education
Primary/none	150 (26.1)
Secondary	148 (25.8)
Tertiary	276 (48.1)
Income (𝑁)**
<10,000	244 (42.5)
≤50,000	206 (39.5)
≤100,000	72 (12.5)
≤200,000	26 (4.5)
>N200,000	22 (3.8)
Occupational class
Professional/administrators	21 (3.7)
Skilled	32 (5.6)
Unskilled	100 (17.4)
Others	421 (73.3)
Marital status
Married	252 (43.9)
Others	322 (56.1)
Religion
Islam	336 (58.5)
Christianity	236 (41.1)
Others	2 (0.3)
Aware of TB as a disease
Aware	459 (80.0)
Unaware	115 (20.0)
Awareness of TB sign
Aware	410 (71.4)
Unaware	164 (28.6)

*Median (interquartile range).
**4 missing.