... 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 ... collection of data from the medical records of the patients. The study was approved by the educational and research committee and conducted in accordance with the guidelines of the declaration of...