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. 2010 Mar 15;8(2):96–102. doi: 10.4321/s1886-36552010000200003

Table 3.

Respondent’s response about knowledge of medicine for children

Question Responses Chi-square test p-values
Yes No I don’t know Gender Race Age Occupation Highest education level Average monthly income
1. Do you think that medicine is important for your children? 180 (91.4%) 17 (8.6%) - 0.684 0.042* 0.511 0.128 0.012* 0.606
2. Do you think that medicine can do harm for your children 90 (45.7%) 74 (37.6%) 33 (16.8%) 0.276 0.100 0.028* 0.051 0.001* 0.009*
3. Do you know the side effects of your children’s medicine? 81 (41.1%) 116 (58.9%) - 0.254 0.088 0.056 0.082 0.000* 0.016*
4. Do you think that non-prescribed medicine can treat your children? 101 (51.3%) 96 (48.7%) - 0.933 0.176 0.009* 0.058 0.000* 0.000*
5. Do you think that the effectiveness of medicine for the children is related to their price? 150 (76.1%) 47 (23.9%) - 0.905 0.027* 0.122 0.430 0.019* 0.000*
*

p-value < 0.05