Table 5.

Predictors of attitude about antibiotic use: multiple linear regression analysis

Variables	Beta	SE	P-value
Illiterate	–0.031	0.232	0.534
University education	0.084	0.169	0.089
Male	0.097	0.148	0.042
Purchase of antibiotics without prescription	–0.182	0.163	<0.0005
Knowledge scorea	0.212	0.033	<0.0005

Note:

^aDenotes continuous variable; model summary: R²=0.118, P<0.0005. A P-value of <0.05 was determined to be statistically significant.