Table 5.

Logistic Regression Analysis of antibiotic Self-Medication Practice and the demographic variables.

Variables	N	%	Antibiotic Self -Medication (%)		aOR (95% CI)
			Yes	No
Gender
Male	377	60.4	72.3	27.7	2.13(1.26–––3.98) *
Female	247	39.6	81.7	18.3
Education
Below secondary	24	3.8	71.8	28.4
Secondary	124	19.9	73.7	26.3
Diploma and ProfessionalQualification	167	26.8	88.4	11.6	3.07(1.57–4.68) **
Bachelors and above	309	49.5	89.1	10.9
Area of residence
Urban	426	68.3	61.7	38.3	3.17(2.13––5.61) *
Rural	198	31.7	78.3	21.7
Occupation
Student	116	18.6	48.3	51.7
Non-Health Care	74	11.9	41.3	58.7
Health Care	148	23.7	59.4	40.6	5.99(1.78–18.2) **
Own Business	178	28.5	23.8	76.2
Others	108	17.3	83.2	16.8
No. of Children
One	201	32.2	63.8	36.2
Two	308	49.4	56.9	43.1	2.57 (1.51–4.09) *
More than two	115	18.4	89.3	10.7
Average Monthly Family Income
5000–––10000 SAR	207	33.2	62.5	37.5
10000–––20000 SAR	232	37.2	76.0	24.0
More than 20,000 SAR	185	29.6	89.0	11.0	3.57 (2.08–6.34) *