Pastoralist Community’s Perception of Tuberculosis: A Quantitative Study from Shinille Area of Ethiopia

Table 4

Percentage distribution of respondents’ knowledge regarding TB treatment (𝑛=762).

Variable	Frequency		Total
	Male	Female
TB is treatable	No (%)	No (%)	No (%)
Yes	389 (51.0)	360 (47.2)	749 (98.3)
No	09 (1.2)	04 (0.5)	13 (1.7)
TB treatment better through
Modern drug	369 (48.4)	342 (44.9)	711 (93.3)
Traditional	03 (0.4)	05 (0.7)	08 (1.1)
Both	19 (2.5)	11 (1.4)	30 (3.9)
Do not know	07 (0.9)	06 (0.8)	13 (1.7)