Prevalence and Associated Factors of Tuberculosis among Adult Household Contacts of Smear Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients Treated in Public Health Facilities of Haramaya District, Oromia Region, Eastern Ethiopia

Table 1

Socio-demographic characteristics of adult household contacts of smear positive PTB patients in Haramaya district, Eastern Ethiopia, 2019 ().

Variables		Frequency
		Number	Percent (%)
Age (year)	18–27	212	47.0
	28–37	116	25.7
	≥38	123	27.3
Gender	Male	223	49.4
	Female	228	50.6
Marital status	Single	156	34.6
	Married	271	60.1
	Divorced	16	3.5
	Widowed	8	1.8
Ethnicity	Oromo	435	96.5
	Amhara	11	2.4
	Others	5	1.1
Religion	Muslim	441	97.8
	Orthodox	10	2.2
Residence	Urban	118	26.2
	Rural	333	73.8
Educational level	Not read and write	258	57.2
	Read and write	73	16.2
	Primary (1–8)	83	18.4
	Secondary (9–12)	25	5.5
	Collage and above	12	2.7
Occupation	Farmer	338	74.9
	Government employ	5	1.1
	House wife	37	8.2
	Merchant	14	3.1
	Daily labor	15	3.3
	Student	42	9.3
Relationship to the index case	Husband	112	24.8
	Wife	105	23.3
	Sibling	176	39.0
	Others	58	12.9
Monthly income of the family	<1000	273	60.5
	1000–1500	67	14.9
	>1500	111	24.6