Table 4. Association between the sociodemographic variables and self-medication practice among the pregnant women.

*Fisher's exact test was used and significant at p-value < 0.05.

Self-medication practice versus sociodemographic variables			Self-medication practice		Total (N  = 403)	Fisher's exact test value	P-value
			Yes (n = 216)	No (n = 187)
Religion	Christian	Count	5	4	9	1.466	0.515
		%	55.60%	44.40%	100.00%
	Hindu	Count	205	181	386
		%	53.10%	46.90%	100.00%
	Muslim	Count	6	2	8
		%	75.00%	25.00%	100.00%
Type of family	Three-generation family	Count	2	0	2	1.738	0.495
		%	100.00%	0.00%	100.00%
	Joint family	Count	83	67	150
		%	55.30%	44.70%	100.00%
	Nuclear family	Count	131	120	251
		%	52.20%	47.80%	100.00%
Total number of family members	<3	Count	63	54	117	9.014	0.011*
		%	53.80%	46.20%	100.00%
	3 to 5	Count	143	133	276
		%	51.80%	48.20%	100.00%
	> 5	Count	10	0	10
		%	100.00%	0.00%	100.00%
Education	Completed schooling	Count	87	101	188	7.595*	0.005*
		%	46.20%	53.80%	100.00%
	Graduated	Count	129	86	215
		%	60.00%	40.00%	100.00%
Employment	Working	Count	40	32	72	0.1351*	0.713
		%	55.50%	44.50%	100.00%
	Non-working	Count	176	155	331
		%	53.20%	46.80%	100.00%
Socioeconomic class	Class 1	Count	53	20	73	20.889	0.0001*
		%	72.60%	27.40%	100.00%
	Class 2	Count	105	82	187
		%	56.10%	43.90%	100.00%
	Class 3	Count	45	65	110
		%	40.90%	59.10%	100.00%
	Class 4	Count	13	20	33
		%	39.40%	60.60%	100.00%