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Table 3 Regression estimates on the general awareness of antibiotic resistance per knowledge profiles

From: A population-base survey on knowledge, attitude and awareness of the general public on antibiotic use and resistance

Variables

Low Knowledge

Middle Knowledge

High Knowledge

 

B

SE

B

SE

B

SE

Gender

 Male (female reference)

−0.928***

0.229

−0.062

0.189

0.836***

0.209

Age (18–21 reference)

 22–25

0.006

0.308

0.494

0.263

−0.644**

0.299

 > 25

0.414

0.242

0.126

0.197

−0.540***

0.208

Educational Level (lower reference)

 Middle

−0.106

0.269

−0.055

0.219

0.157

0.231

 High

−0.046

0.254

0.239

0.216

−.0293

0.241

Profession (health workers reference)

 Non-health worker

−1.724***

0.289

−0.648***

0.190

1.716***

0.194

Antibiotic use within last 12 months (Never reference)

 Once

−0.310

0.379

0.887***

0.319

−0.847**

0.350

 2–5 times

−0.420

0.343

0.827***

0.297

−0.693**

0.329

 > 5 times

0.190

0.320

0.024

0.294

−0.265

0.318

Anyone in your household taking antibiotics at the moment (Yes reference)

 No

−0.203

0.315

0.230

0.265

−0.029

0.295

 Don’t know

−0.349

0.233

−0.006

0.197

0.295

0.218

Constant

−0.246

0.745

−1.231

0.653

−0.413

0.738

Cox & Snell R2

0.144

 

0.062

 

0.190

 

Nagelkerke R2

0.214

 

0.084

 

0.261

 
  1. *** p < .01; **p < .05