Table 1 Participants’ characteristics and associations with SMA N (%)
Variables | Number | Antibiotics self-medication | χ2 | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | ||||
Gender | 3.013 | 0.083 | |||
Male | 1074 (33.50) | 125 (11.64) | 949 (88.36) | ||
Female | 2132 (66.50) | 206 (9.66) | 1926 (90.34) | ||
Age | 10.023 | 0.018 | |||
≤ 24 | 759 (23.67) | 64 (8.43) | 695 (91.57) | ||
25–44 | 1859 (57.99) | 188 (10.11) | 1671 (89.89) | ||
45–59 | 528 (16.47) | 73 (13.83) | 455 (86.17) | ||
≥ 60 | 60 (1.87) | 6 (10.00) | 54 (90.00) | ||
Location | 5.497 | 0.019 | |||
Urban | 2470 (77.04) | 272 (11.01) | 2198 (88.99) | ||
Rural | 736 (22.96) | 59 (8.02) | 677 (91.98) | ||
Education level | 7.982 | 0.046 | |||
Junior high school and below | 470 (14.66) | 40 (8.51) | 430 (91.49) | ||
High school | 703 (21.93) | 76 (10.81) | 627 (89.19) | ||
Undergraduate | 1475 (46.01) | 141 (9.56) | 1334 (90.44) | ||
Postgraduate and above | 558 (17.40) | 74 (13.26) | 484 (86.74) | ||
Self-perceived health status | 8.480 | 0.014 | |||
Good | 1691 (52.74) | 155 (9.17) | 1536 (90.83) | ||
Average | 1334 (41.61) | 148 (11.09) | 1186 (88.91) | ||
Poor | 181 (5.65) | 28 (15.47) | 153 (84.53) | ||
Self-perceived economic status | 10.800 | 0.005 | |||
Good | 452 (14.10) | 66 (14.60) | 386 (85.40) | ||
Average | 2364 (73.74) | 231 (9.77) | 2133 (90.23) | ||
Poor | 390 (12.16) | 34 (8.72) | 356 (91.28) | ||
Reserve antibiotics at home | |||||
Hardly | 1228 (38.30) | 187 (15.23) | 1041 (84.77) | 74.275 | 0.000 |
Occasionally | 330 (10.29) | 48 (14.55) | 282 (85.45) | ||
Always | 1648 (51.40) | 96 (5.83) | 1552 (94.17) | ||
Total | 3206 (100) | 331 (10.32) | 2875 (89.68) | ||