Table 2.
Caregivers' Antibiotic Knowledge Score (AKS) and associated factors
| Factors | AKS <12(n = 168) (%) | AKS ≥ 12(n = 249) (%) | p VALUE |
| Gender | |||
| Males | 51 (30) | 51 (30) | 0.96 |
| Females | 117 (70) | 117 (70) | |
| Residence | |||
| Rural | 75 (46) | 101 (41) | 0.29 |
| Urban | 88 (54) | 147 (59) | |
| Health Insurance | |||
| Has insurance | 35 (22) | 79 (33) | 0.02* |
| Does not have | 122 (78) | 159 (67) | |
| Age Groups | |||
| 18–30 yrs | 55 (34) | 57 (23) | 0.07 |
| 31–40 yrs | 60 (37) | 105 (43) | |
| >41 yrs | 47 (29) | 82 (34) | |
| Ethnicity | |||
| African | 57 (35) | 85 (35) | 0.70 |
| Asian | 67 (41) | 91(37) | |
| Others | 41 (24) | 69 (28) | |
| Education | |||
| Primary | 53 (37) | 43 (17) | 0.002* |
| High School | 87 (52) | 141 (57) | |
| Tertiary Education | 28 (18) | 62 (26) | |
| Employment | |||
| Employed | 69 (43) | 130 (54) | 0.09 |
| Self Employed | 28 (18) | 40 (17) | |
| Housewife/retired/unemployed | 62 (39) | 71 (29) | |
| Recent and past antibiotic use | |||
| Used in the last 12 months | 45 (27) | 98 (40) | 0.008* |
| Not used in the last 12 months | 118 (70) | 150 (60) | |
| Used in the last 30 days | 50 (30) | 99 (40) | 0.037* |
| Not used in the last 30 days | 122 (73) | 150 (60) |
Significant at (p < 0.05)