Table 4. Attitudes about antibiotics and expected prescription of an antibiotic (socio-demographic profile).

Characteristics	Wave 5 (n)	Current use of antibiotics should be restricted in order to keep them effective in the future (%)	Antibiotics should be prescribed and taken “just in case”, with the hope that other equally effective drugs will be developed (%)	Adjusted ORs (95% CI)	sig.*	Waves 1–5 (n)	Expected prescription of antibiotic for flu (%)	Adjusted ORs (95% CI)	Sig.	Expected prescription of antibiotic for cold (%)	Adjusted ORs (95% CI)	sig.
Total	1001	82	15			5004	41			19
Sex
Male	431	79	18	1	-	2243	47	1	-	21	1	-
Female	570	84	14	1.45 (1.01–2.09)	0.044	2761	36	1.54 (1.36–1.74)	<0.001	17	1.42 (1.23-1-66)	<0.001
Age groups
18–24	85	75	24	1	-	513	69	1	-	17	1	-
25–34	157	89	10	0.33 (0.14–0.83)	0.018	887	50	0.54 (0.41–0.73)	<0.001	16	1.35 (0.92–1.97)	0.123
35–44	158	86	13	0.45 (0.19–1.08)	0.074	812	35	0.26 (0.19–0.36)	<0.001	16	1.17 (0.79–1.73)	0.431
45–59	298	79	19	0.63 (0.28–1.41)	0.260	1508	37	0.28 (0.21–0.38)	<0.001	20	1.35 (0.93–1.96)	0.110
≥60	303	82	14	0.30 (0.12–0.72)	0.007	1284	31	0.23 (0.16–0.31)	<0.001	21	1.5 (1.01–2.25)	0.047
Education
University education	301	85	14	1	-	1442	34	1	-	11	1	-
Primary education	95	66	25	1.96 (1.07–3.62)	0.031	400	49	2.2 (1.72–2.81)	<0.001	32	3.45 (2.61–4.56)	<0.001
Trade school	186	82	16	0.94 (0.55–1.61)	0.826	960	47	1.89 (1.58–2.26)	<0.001	26	2.58 (2.06–3.24)	<0.001
Secondary education	419	84	14	0.84 (0.53–1.31)	0.434	2195	41	1.38 (1.19–1.59)	<0.001	18	1.65 (1.35–2.02)	<0.001
Employment
Employed	478	85	14	1	-	2402	41	1	-	16	1	-
Unemployed	90	84	11	0.68 (0.32–1.45)	0.316	473	46	1.06 (0.85–1.31)	0.611	24	1.37 (1.07–1.77)	0.014
Pupils and students	57	77	21	0.90 (0.34–2.37)	0.833	368	67	1.15 (0.83–1.58)	0.403	17	1.2 (0.8–1.82)	0.380
Retired	376	79	18	1.78 (1.09–2.91)	0.021	1761	33	0.92 (0.77–1.09)	0.346	21	1.11 (0.9–1.38)	0.319

*sig.–statistically significant (in bold)