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. 2021 Feb 24;16(2):e0247591. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247591

Table 2. Characteristics of respondents.

Total Medicines at Home
N (%) No n (%) Yes n (%)
4,641 (100%) 1,283 (27.6%) 3,358 (72.4%) P-value
Demographic Characteristics
Age Group
0–18 2,373 (51.1%) 791 (33.3%) 1,582 (66.7%) < .0001
19–35 648 (14.0%) 193 (29.8%) 455 (70.2%)
36–60 1,004 (21.6%) 197 (19.6%) 807 (80.4%)
≥61 616 (13.3%) 102 (16.6%) 514 (83.4%)
Gender
Male 2,233 (48.1%) 647 (29.0%) 1,586 (71.0%) 0.051
Female 2,408 (51.9%) 636 (26.4%) 1,772 (73.6%)
Socioeconomic Characteristics
Marital Status
Single 2,947 (63.6%) 936 (31.8%) 2,011 (68.2%) < .0001
Married 1,684 (36.4%) 342 (20.3%) 1,342 (79.7%)
Missing 10 5 5
Household Size
1–5 2,384 (51.4%) 591 (24.8%) 1,793 (75.2%) < .0001
≥6 2,257 (48.6%) 692 (30.7%) 1,565 (69.3%)
Education Level
No education 2,003 (43.3%) 481 (24.5%) 1,482 (75.5%) < .0001
Primary 1,397 (30.8%) 422 (30.2%) 975 (69.8%)
Secondary 973 (21.5%) 318 (32.7%) 655 (67.3%)
Tertiary 202 (4.5%) 31 (15.4%) 171 (84.6%)
Missing 106 31 75
Income Level
Quintile 1 (Poorest) 428 (9.2%) 144 (33.6%) 284 (66.4%) < .0001
Quintile 2 529 (11.4%) 145 (27.4%) 384 (72.6%)
Quintile 3 888 (19.2%) 261 (29.4%) 627 (70.6%)
Quintile 4 1,021 (22.0%) 309 (30.3%) 712 (69.7%)
Quintile 5 (Richest) 1,772 (38.2%) 422 (23.8%) 1,350 (76.2%)
Missing 3 2 1
Health-related Characteristics
Chronic Disease
No 4,157 (89.9%) 1,207 (29.0%) 2,950 (71.0%) < .0001
Yes, one or more 468 (10.1%) 68 (12.8%) 408 (87.2%)
Missing 16 16 -
Distance to a Health Facility (Km)
Nearest health facility (Mean) 4,634 (1.40) 1,283 (1.42) 3,351 (1.40) 0.791
Missing 7 - 7
Intervention Characteristics
Living in a Treatment Area
No 1,673 (36.1%) 262 (15.7%) 1,411 (84.3%) < .0001
Yes 2,968 (63.9%) 1,021 (34.4%) 1,947 (65.6%)
Insurance Status
No 3,675 (79.4%) 1,001 (27.2%) 2,674 (72.8%) 0.449
Yes 952 (20.6%) 271 (28.5%) 681 (71.5%)
Missing 14 11 3
Insurance Status (Living in a treatment area, n = 2,957)
No 2,007 (67.9%) 742 (37.0%) 1,265 (63.0%) < .0001
Yes 950 (32.1%) 269 (28.3%) 681 (71.7%)