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The percentage of poor TB-affected households rose from 65% prior to TB to 86% after TB treatment completion (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.001). Social factors leading to poverty were identified for each stage: diagnostic period (history of incarceration: cOR 2.3, 95% CI 1.1\u20135.2); treatment period (being unemployed or unofficially employed: cOR 6.7, 95% CI 4.3\u201310.0); and post-treatment (being married or cohabiting: cOR 5.7, 95% CI 2.9\u201311.0). Participants who had \u22653 members in their households were more likely to be poor at all TB stages: diagnostic period (cOR 5.7, 95% CI 3.7\u20138.8), treatment period (cOR 3.8, 95% CI 2.5\u20135.6) and post-treatment (cOR 7.2, 95% CI 3.6\u201314.3).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSION<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The study identified risk factors associated with poverty at each stage of TB. 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