Table 1.
Participants’ characteristics.
| Characteristics and categories |
Overall n (%) |
Recognized the existence of online pharmacies |
Previously purchased from online pharmacies* |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No, n (%) | Yes, n (%) | p-value** | No, n (%) | Yes, n (%) | p-value** | ||
| Number of participants, n (%) | 487 (100.0) | 52 (10.7) | 435 (89.3) | 173 (39.8) | 262 (60.2) | ||
| Age | 0.023 | 0.018 | |||||
| < 40 years | 278 (57.1) | 22 (7.9) | 256 (92.1) | 90 (35.2) | 166 (64.8) | ||
| ≥ 40 years | 209 (42.9) | 30 (14.3) | 179 (85.7) | 83 (46.4) | 96 (53.6) | ||
| Gender | 0.027 | <0.001 | |||||
| Male | 167 (34.3) | 25 (15.0) | 142 (85.0) | 77 (54.2) | 65 (45.8) | ||
| Female | 320 (65.7) | 27 (8.4) | 293 (91.6) | 96 (32.8) | 197 (67.2) | ||
| Region of residence | 0.179 | 0.064 | |||||
| Central Region | 307 (63.0) | 32 (10.4) | 275 (89.6) | 95 (34.5) | 180 (65.5) | ||
| Western Region | 101 (20.7) | 16 (15.8) | 85 (84.2) | 42 (49.4) | 43 (50.6) | ||
| Eastern Region | 57 (11.7) | 4 (7.0) | 53 (92.9) | 25 (47.2) | 28 (52.8) | ||
| Southern Region | 17 (3.5) | 0 (0.0) | 17 (100.0) | 8 (47.1) | 9 (52.9) | ||
| Northern Region | 5 (1.1) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (100.0) | 3 (60.0) | 2 (40.0) | ||
| Marital status | 0.060 | 0.809 | |||||
| Married | 258 (53.0) | 35 (13.6) | 223 (86.4) | 93 (41.7) | 130 (58.3) | ||
| Single | 205 (42.1) | 13 (6.3) | 192 (93.7) | 73 (38.0) | 119 (62.0) | ||
| Divorced/Separated | 16 (3.3) | 3 (18.8) | 13 (81.2) | 5 (38.5) | 8 (61.5) | ||
| Widowed | 8 (1.6) | 1 (12.5) | 7 (87.5) | 2 (28.6) | 5 (71.4) | ||
| Children living in the same house | 0.017 | 0.688 | |||||
| Yes | 332 (68.2) | 43 (5.8) | 289 (94.2) | 113 (39.1) | 176 (60.9) | ||
| No | 155 (31.8) | 9 (13.0) | 146 (87.0) | 60 (41.1) | 86 (58.9) | ||
| Level of education | 0.700 | 0.041 | |||||
| Less than High School | 15 (3.1) | 3 (20.0) | 12 (80.0) | 9 (75.0) | 3 (25.0) | ||
| High School | 83 (17.0) | 7 (8.4) | 76 (91.6) | 31 (40.8) | 45 (59.2) | ||
| Diploma | 76 (15.6) | 9 (11.8) | 67 (88.2) | 32 (47.8) | 35 (52.2) | ||
| Bachelor’s degree | 255 (52.4) | 28 (11.0) | 227 (89.0) | 80 (35.2) | 147 (64.8) | ||
| Higher education (Master’s degree or Ph.D.) | 58 (11.9) | 5 (8.6) | 53 (91.4) | 21 (39.6) | 32 (60.4) | ||
| Job status | 0.144 | 0.270 | |||||
| Employee | 228 (46.8) | 30 (13.2) | 198 (86.8) | 88 (44.4) | 110 (55.6) | ||
| Student | 114 (23.4) | 5 (4.4) | 109 (95.6) | 37 (33.9) | 72 (66.1) | ||
| Unemployed/looking for a job | 42 (8.6) | 4 (9.5) | 38 (90.5) | 12 (31.6) | 26 (68.4) | ||
| Housewife | 45 (9.3) | 5 (11.1) | 40 (88.9) | 14 (35.0) | 26 (65.0) | ||
| Retired | 58 (11.9) | 8 (13.8) | 50 (86.2) | 22 (44.0) | 28 (56.0) | ||
Results are presented as frequency (%).
*
This include 435 participants who recognized the existence of online pharmacies (OPs).
**
p-values are from the chi-square test; values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant. Numbers in bold indicate significant results.