Table 4. Knowledge about adverse effects of antibiotics.
| Unnecessary use of antibiotics makes them become ineffective (TRUE), N (%) | Taking antibiotics often has side-effects such as diarrhea (TRUE), N (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Correct | Incorrect | Don't know | Correct | Incorrect | Don't know | |
| Sex | ||||||
| Man | 1207(69.5) | 59(3.4) | 470(27.1) | 662(38.1) | 230(13.2) | 844(48.6) |
| Woman | 1081(65.4) | 47(2.8) | 526(31.8) | 653(39.5) | 199(12.0) | 802(48.5) |
| Age | ||||||
| 20–24 Years | 163(61.7) | 12(4.5) | 89(33.7) | 98(37.1) | 37(14.0) | 129(48.9) |
| 25–39 Years | 599(62.9) | 41(4.3) | 313(32.8) | 372(39.0) | 125(13.1) | 456(47.8) |
| 40–54 Years | 748(67.4) | 27(2.4) | 334(30.1) | 422(38.1) | 139(12.5) | 548(49.4) |
| 55–69 Years | 778(73.1) | 26(2.4) | 260(24.4) | 423(39.8) | 128(12.0) | 513(48.2) |
| Education | ||||||
| Junior High School | 62(55.9) | 1(0.9) | 48(43.2) | 43(38.7) | 9(8.1) | 59(53.2) |
| High School | 778(61.5) | 40(3.2) | 447(35.3) | 439(34.7) | 141(11.1) | 685(54.2) |
| College | 1404(72.7) | 64(3.3) | 464(24.0) | 812(42.0) | 273(14.1) | 847(43.8) |
| University/Graduate School | 73(71.6) | 3(2.9) | 26(25.5) | 41(40.2) | 17(16.7) | 44(43.1) |
| Employment | ||||||
| Employed | 1655(66.1) | 83(3.3) | 764(30.5) | 938(37.5) | 332(13.3) | 1232(49.2) |
| Housemaker/Housewife | 345(70.0) | 13(2.6) | 135(27.4) | 203(41.2) | 52(10.5) | 238(48.3) |
| Students | 73(71.6) | 3(2.9) | 26(25.5) | 41(40.2) | 17(16.7) | 44(43.1) |
| Unemployed/Retired | 215(73.4) | 7(2.4) | 71(24.2) | 133(45.4) | 28(9.6) | 132(45.1) |
| City Size | ||||||
| Metropolitan | 692(68.2) | 27(2.7) | 295(29.1) | 407(40.1) | 124(12.2) | 483(47.6) |
| Midsize City | 982(68.2) | 44(3.1) | 413(28.7) | 568(39.5) | 178(12.4) | 693(48.2) |
| Small City | 448(65.6) | 26(3.8) | 209(30.6) | 242(35.4) | 90(13.2) | 351(51.4) |
| Rural | 166(65.4) | 9(3.5) | 79(31.1) | 98(38.6) | 37(14.6) | 119(46.9) |
| Total | 2288(67.5) | 106(3.1) | 996(29.4) | 1315(38.8) | 429(12.7) | 1646(48.6) |
| European Union, 2016 | (84) | (8) | (8) | (66) | (14) | (20) |