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Table 7 Mixed effects logistic regression model of healthcare-seeking at any modern healthcare facility for TB-suspicious symptoms

From: Migrant workers’ occupation and healthcare-seeking preferences for TB-suspicious symptoms and other health problems: a survey among immigrant workers in Songkhla province, southern Thailand

Variable

Category

OR

95% CI

p-value#

Current work

Rubber tapper

1b

 

.012

Factory worker

0.86b

0.32 - 2.31

 

Construction worker

0.19a

0.07 - 0.52

 

Legal status

    

No doc. + Labour card

1

1.57 - 20.27

.004

Labour card + health card

5.63

  

Education status

Illiterate/Read & write

1ab

 

.049

Primary school

0.68ab

0.26 - 1.80

Middle school

1.84b

0.59 - 5.75

High school/Graduate

0.14a

0.02 - 1.02

Duration of stay

Per year

1.13

1.01 - 1.26

.032

TB-suspicious symptoms

Low grade fever

9.58

2.97 - 30.86

<.001

 

Gradual loss of weight

2.14

0.17 - 27.62

.569

 

Haemoptysis

2.92

0.68 - 12.49

.152

 

Expectoration

1.31

0.48 - 3.56

.591

 

Cough for >2 weeks

2.62

0.90 - 7.62

.070

  1. # Likelihood ratio test.
  2. Odds ratios within the same variable not having a superscript in common differ significantly (P < 0.05, Wald test).