Factors associated with tuberculosis cases in Semarang District, Indonesia: case–control study performed in the area where case detection rate was extremely low

Table 4 Comparison of living conditions of the participants

	Cases		Controls
	N	%	N	%
Number of persons in the same room^a
1	15	12	10	12
2	84	65	72	87
>3	30	23	1	1
House floor^a
Soil	35	27	2	2
Plaster	49	38	18	22
Ceramics	45	35	63	76
Location of kitchen^a
Outside	51	40	60	72
Inside	78	60	23	28
Fuel for cooking^a
Cordwood	52	40	8	10
Gas	77	60	75	90
Window in each room^a
Yes	52	40	8	10
No	77	60	75	90
Open windows every day^a
Yes	43	33	60	72
No	86	67	23	28
Sunlight into the house^a
Yes	66	51	76	92
No	63	49	7	8
Ventilation in every room^a
Yes	50	39	75	90
No	79	61	8	10
Humidity in the house^a
Humid	84	65	17	20
Not humid	45	35	66	80

^aSignificant difference between the cases and the controls (ρ < 0.05, χ ² test)

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