Table 1.
Parents’ demographic characteristics (N = 570)
| Variables | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Male | 42 (7.4) |
| Female | 528 (92.6) |
| Age | |
| 20–30 years | 431 (75.6) |
| 31–40 years | 92 (16.1) |
| 41–60 years | 47 (8.2) |
| Educational status | |
| Primary school | 2 (0.4) |
| Secondary school | 4 (0.7) |
| High school | 17 (3.0) |
| College | 318 (55.8) |
| University | 23 (4.0) |
| No education | 206 (36.1) |
| Family income level | |
| Very high | 18 (3.2) |
| High | 111 (19.5) |
| Moderate | 418 (73.3) |
| Low | 14 (2.5) |
| Very low | 9 (1.6) |
| Residence | |
| Big town | 557 (97.7) |
| Small town | 12 (2.1) |
| Village | 1 (0.2) |
| Number of children | |
| 0 | 72 (12.6) |
| 1 | 217 (38.1) |
| 2 | 126 (22.1) |
| 3 | 67 (11.8) |
| 4 | 52 (9.1) |
| 5 | 18 (3.2) |
| More than 5 | 18 (3.2) |
| Parent of single child | |
| Yes | 32 (5.6) |
| No | 538 (94.4) |
| Do your children often suffer from Upper Respiratory Tract Infections? | |
| Yes | 302 (53.0) |
| No | 268 (47.0) |
| Sources of information you have about judicious antibiotic use | |
| Physician | 386 (67.7) |
| Television | 31 (5.4) |
| Radio | 10 (1.8) |
| Newspaper | 11 (1.9) |
| Friend | 25 (4.4) |
| Family relative | 48 (8.4) |
| Other | 59 (10.4) |