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. 2019 Nov 26;14(11):e0225499. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0225499

Table 4. Association between respondents’ characteristics and not completing the antibiotic course.

Total
N = 306
Did not complete last antibiotic course^
N = 139
p-value^^ OR [95% CI] ^^^
Participant type* 0.150
 Student 191 92 (48.2%) 1.00
 Family member 111 44 (39.6%) 0.71 [0.44,1.14]
Sex* 0.830
 Male 39 17 (43.6%) 1.00
 Female 264 120 (45.5%) 1.08 [0.55,2.12]
Age in years <0.001
 <21 109 69 (63.3%) 1.00
 21–25 111 45 (40.5%) 0.40 [0.23,0.68]
 26+ 86 25 (29.1%) 0.24 [0.13,0.44]
Marital status* 0.051
 Single 216 103 (47.7%) 1.00
 Married 75 26 (34.7%) 0.58 [0.34,1.00]
Nationality* 0.620
 Qatari 126 56 (44.4%) 1.00
 Other GCC 22 12 (54.5%) 1.50 [0.60,3.73]
 Other Arab 128 59 (46.1%) 1.07 [0.65,1.75]
 Non-Arab 10 3 (30.0%) 0.54 [0.13,2.17]
Highest level of education <0.001
 Secondary 157 88 (56.1%) 1.00
 University+ 149 51 (34.2%) 0.41 [0.26,0.65]
Employment* 0.140
 Yes 84 33 (39.3%) 1.00
 No 217 106 (48.8%) 1.48 [0.88,2.46]
Municipality* 0.026
 Doha 155 58 (37.4%) 1.00
 Al-Rayan 75 41 (54.7%) 2.02 [1.15,3.53]
 Elsewhere 67 34 (50.7%) 1.72 [0.97,3.07]
Household income* 0.430
 1 42 17 (40%) 1.00
 2 88 45 (51%) 1.54 [0.73,3.24]
 3 63 32 (51%) 1.52 [0.69,3.34]
 4 96 40 (42%) 1.05 [0.50,2.20]

^Data are presented as n (row %),

^^Chi-square test,

^^^Crude logistic regression,

*1.0–5.9% missing