Research Article
The Role of Private Health Sector for Tuberculosis Control in Debre Markos Town, Northwest Ethiopia
Table 2
Sociodemographic characteristics of study subjects versus provider visited first in Debre Markos Town, February to March 2009.
| | Characteristics | Private, N = 90 (%) | Public, N = 161 (%) | Crude OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OR (95% CI) |
| | Age (years) | | | | | | < 45 | 76 (84.4) | 128 (79.5) | 1.42 (0.77, 2.66) | — | | >45 | 14 (15.6) | 33 (20.4) | 1 | — | | Sex | | | | | | Male | 48 (54.6) | 85 (52.3) | 1.10 (0.80, 1.51) | — | | Female | 42 (45.4) | 76(47.7) | 1 | — | | Address | | | | | | Urban | 31 (70.4) | 52 (64.6) | 1.27 (0.90, 1.79) | — | | Rural | 14 (29.6) | 29 (35.4) | 1 | — | | Family size | | | | | | < 5 | 54 (60.0) | 92 (56.7) | 1.17 (0.82–1.68) | — | | >5 | 36 (40.0) | 69 (43.3) | 1 | — | | Occupation | | | | | | Farmer | 26 (28.8) | 52 (32.2) | 1 | 1 | | Housewife | 21 (23.3) | 41 (25.4) | 1.19 (0.60, 2.36) | 1.10 (0.55, 2.21) | | Unemployed | 12 (13.3) | 27 (16.6) | 1.60 (0.73, 3.55) | 1.10 (0.45, 2.27) | | Student | 13 (14.4) | 15 (9.3) | 2.38 (1.14, 4.96) | 2.54 (1.11, 5.82)a | | Employee | 8 (8.8) | 16 (9.9) | 2.52 (1.12, 5.69) | 1.47 (0.63, 3.42) | | Merchant | 12 (13.3) | 10 (6.2) | 1.26 (0.68, 2.35) | 1.08 (0.54, 2.17) | | Literacy | | | | | | Literate | 34 (37.3) | 46 (29.6) | 1.45 (1.04, 2.03) | 1.04 (0.65, 1.70) | | Illiterate | 56 (62.7) | 115 (71.4) | 1 | 1 | | Average monthly income | | | | | | (ETB) < 500 | 74 (82.2) | 147 (91.3) | 1 | 1 | | >500 | 16 (17.8) | 14 (8.7) | 2.56 (1.56, 4.22) | 2.55 (1.42, 4.57)a |
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aStatistically significant association; referent values. |
