Table 5.
The association between participants' characteristics and self-medication practices.
Variable | Category | Self-medication practices | X 2 | P-value | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | ||||
Sex | Male | 146 | 60 | 2.283 | 0.131 |
Female | 167 | 49 | |||
Religion | Others | 81 | 39 | 4.734 | 0.094 |
Christian | 191 | 61 | |||
Muslim | 41 | 9 | |||
Marital status | Single | 271 | 100 | 2.027 | 0.154 |
Married | 41 | 9 | |||
Faculty | Health sciences | 212 | 57 | 8.423 | 0.015 |
Education | 47 | 23 | |||
Management sciences | 54 | 29 | |||
Year of study | One | 43 | 13 | 1.984 | 0.371 |
Two | 114 | 48 | |||
Three | 156 | 48 |