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Table 3.

Factors associated with the amount the participants were willing to pay for a pharmacist’s dispensing service, N = 67.

Variable	n (%)	Willing to pay (MYR)			P
Variable	n (%)	Min	Max	Mean (SD, Med)	P
Gender
1. Male	36 (53.7)	4	50	13.06 (7.95, 10)	0.759^a
2. Female	31 (46.3)	2	30	12.97 (8.14, 10)
Ethnicity
1. Malay	28 (41.8)	6	22	12.57 (4.21, 10)
2. Chinese	27 (40.3)	2	50	14.15 (10.94, 10)	0.553^b
3. Indian	12 (17.9)	4	30	11.50 (7.04, 10)
Age
1. 18-35	41 (61.3)	2	30	12.20 (6.35, 10)
2. 36-50	18 (26.9)	4	30	11.89 (7.21, 10)	0.099^b
3. > 50	8 (11.9)	4	50	19.75 (13.58, 17)
Education
1. No formal education	-	-	-	-
2. Primary education	6 (9.0)	4	24	11.00 (7.55, 9)	0.178^b
3. Secondary education	22 (32.8)	4	30	15.36 (9.33, 14)
4. Tertiary education	39 (58.2)	2	50	12.00 (7.09, 10)
Occupation
1. High and medium level non-manual worker	8 (11.9)	4	30	17.00 (10.14, 17)
2. Low level non-manual worker	8 (11.9)	8	18	11.25 (3.69, 10)	0.139^b
3. Manual worker	33 (49.3)	2	30	13.27 (6.36, 12)
4. Unemployed	18 (26.9)	2	50	11.56 (10.57, 10)
Income
1. No income	23 (34.3)	2	30	10.87 (5.68, 10)
2. < MYR1000	15 (22.4)	2	50	15.33(12.16, 12)	0.172^b
3. MYR1000-1999	12 (17.9)	4	16	10.67 (3.75, 10)
4. > MYR2000	17 (25.4)	4	30	15.53 (7.53, 16)
First Illness Reference
1. Doctor	29 (43.28)	2	30	14.07 (6.79, 12)	0.954^b
2. Pharmacist	25 (37.31))	4	30	10.64 (5.56, 10)
3. Family members	8 (11.94)	4	30	13.75 (8.78, 10)
4. Friends	3 (4.48)	8	50	22.67 (23.69, 10)
5. Others	2 (2.99)	6	14	10.00 (5.66, 10)
Pharmacy visit
1. Never	23 (34.33))	2	50	13.39 (9.99, 10)
2. 1-3	34 (50.75)	4	30	12.24 (6.34, 10)	0.301^b
3. 4-6	7 (10.45)	2	24	12.29 (7.34, 12)
4. >6	3 (4.48)	14	30	20.67 (8.33, 18)
Physician visit
1. Never	12 (17.91)	6	20	10.33 (2.81, 10)
2. 1-3	35 (52.23)	4	30	12.86 (6.46, 10)	0.493^b
3. 4-6	14 (20.90)	2	30	13.00 (9.15, 10)
4. >6	6 (8.96)	4	50	19.33 (15.98, 17)

a = Mann-Whitney, b = Kruskal-Wallis