Table 1.
Sociodemographic variables of respondents.
| Characteristic | Total n = 1798 (%) |
Self-medication frequency [n (%)] |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No n = 1404 (78.1) |
Yes n = 394 (21.9) |
p | Or (95% CI) |
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| Age (years) | |||||
| <25 | 688 (38.3) | 540 (38.5) | 148 (37.6) | 0.539 | |
| 25–34 | 810 (45.1) | 637 (45.4) | 173 (43.9) | ||
| >35 | 300 (16.7) | 227 (16.2) | 73 (18.5) | ||
| Number of children | |||||
| 0–1 | 982 (54.6) | 775 (55.2) | 207 (52.5) | 0.189 | 1.113 (0.89–1.39) |
| 2 or more | 816 (45.4) | 629 (44.8) | 187 (47.5) | ||
| Education | |||||
| Elementary and middle school | 710 (39.5) | 559 (39.8) | 151 (38.3) | 0.120 | 0.780 (0.57–1.07) |
| High school | 408 (22.7) | 71 (24) | 71 (18) | 1 | Ref. |
| College-postgraduate | 680 (37.8) | 508 (36.2) | 172 (73.7) | 0.003 | 1.607 (1.18–2.19) |
| Marital status | |||||
| Married/cohabitant | 1444 (80.3) | 1115 (79.4) | 329 (83.5) | 0.073 | 0.762 (0.57–1.03) |
| Single/divorced/widow | 354 (19.7) | 289 (20.6) | 65 (16.5) | ||
| Smoking | 54 (3) | 32 (2.3) | 22 (5.6) | 0.001 | 2.536 (1.46–4.42) |
| Consumption of alcohol | 113 (6.3) | 73 (5.2) | 40 (10.2) | <0.001 | 2.060 (1.38–3.08) |
OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.