Sociodemographic Determinants of Knowledge towards Tuberculosis Transmission among Women of 15–49 Years of Age in India

Table 2

Knowledge and attitude towards tuberculosis among women (N = 699,686).

Variables	Total (699,686)
Heard of tuberculosis or TB
No	81412 (11.64%)
Yes	618274 (88.36%)
Tuberculosis spread by: air when coughing or sneezing
No	281237 (40.19%)
Yes	418449 (59.81%)
Tuberculosis spread by: sharing utensils
No	570976 (81.60%)
Yes	128710 (18.40%)
Tuberculosis spread by: touching a person with TB
No	593340 (84.80%)
Yes	106346 (15.20%)
Tuberculosis spread by: food
No	466605 (66.69%)
Yes	233081 (33.31%)
Tuberculosis spread by: sexual contact
No	646909 (92.46%)
Yes	52777 (7.54%)
Tuberculosis spread by: mosquito bites
No	685027 (97.90%)
Yes	14659 (2.10%)
Tuberculosis can be cured
No	36132 (5.16%)
Yes	549617 (78.55%)
Don’t know	32525 (4.65%)
Keep secret when a family member gets TB
No	529612 (75.69%)
Yes, remain a secret	79397 (11.35%)
Don’t know/not sure/depends	9265 (1.32%)