... variables were subjected to descriptive analyses: age, gender, marital status, level of education, occupation, monthly income, employment status and health insurance status at the time of admission. ... showed close association between tuberculosis and poverty (Creswell et al., 2011). The data regarding level of education, occupation and employment status characterize the social situation of ... diagnosis is made and reported, or “re-treated cases”), site of disease (pulmonary, extra pulmonary or disseminated) and risk factors for TB; both behavioral risk factors, contact history; alcoholism;...