In men, there was a clear trend of declining income since time t in the TB group (DID coefficient = −0.131 95% CI = −0.132 ~ −0.129), but there was no marked change in women.
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Impact of active tuberculosis on social mobility and its gender differences: Difference in differences using nationwide tuberculosis surveillance data and national health insurance data.
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This study showed that there is a marked trend of declining income due to the diagnosis and treatment of active TB in men but not in women.
Subgroup analyses on the working-age population (20–65 years) (DID coefficient = −0.053, 95% CI = −0.096 ~ −0.010) and employee population (DID coefficient = −0.072, 95% CI = −0.110 ~ −0.034) showed a trend of declining income in the female TB group.