Table 1.
Characteristics of the whole-sample and population with and without self-medication in Iran 2016
| Overall | Whole-sample | Population with self-medication | Population without self-medication | p -value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 13005 | 3,416 (26.27%) | 9,589 (73.73%) | |||||
| Predisposing factors | |||||||
| Sex | Male | 5,210 (40.06%) | 1,408 (27.02%) | 3,802 (72.98%) | 0.108 | ||
| Female | 7,795 (59.94%) | 2,008 (25.76%) | 5,787 (74.24%) | ||||
| Age | 15-29 | 2,895 (22.26%) | 681 (30.75%) | 2,214 (69.25%) | 0.000 | ||
| 30–44 | 3,753 (28.86%) | 933 (24.86%) | 2,820 (75.14%) | ||||
| 45-59 | 3,315 (25.49%) | 890 (26.86%) | 2,425 (73.14%) | ||||
| 60-74 | 2,228 (17.13%) | 653 (29.30%) | 1,575 (70.70%) | ||||
| 75+ | 814 (6.26%) | 259(31.81%) | 555 (68.19%) | ||||
| Marital status | Married | 9,720 (74.74%) | 2,451 (25.21%) | 7,269 (74.79%) | 0.000 | ||
| Unmarried | 3,285 (25.26%) | 965 (29.37%) | 2,320 (70.63%) | ||||
| Education | Illiterate | 3,446 (26.50%) | 1,072 (31.10%) | 2,374 (68.90%) | 0.000 | ||
| Primary | 3,353 (25.78%) | 843 (25.14%) | 2,510 (74.86%) | ||||
| Secondary | 2,104 (16.18%) | 512 (24.33%) | 1,592 (75.67%) | ||||
| High school diploma | 2,289 (17.60%) | 566 (22.90%) | 1,723 (77.10%) | ||||
| Higher education | 1,813 (13.94%) | 423 (23.33%) | 1,390 (76.67%) | ||||
| Employment status | Employed | 3,101 (23.84%) | 837 (26.99%) | 2,264 (73.01%) | 0.033 | ||
| Unemployed | 1,606 (12.35%) | 447 (27.83%) | 1,159 (72.17%) | ||||
| Having income without employment | 1,438 (11.06%) | 404 (28.09%) | 1,034 (71.91%) | ||||
| Student | 810 (6.23%) | 216 (26.66%) | 594 (73.34%) | ||||
| Housekeeper | 6,050 (46.52%) | 1,512 (24.99%) | 4,538 (75.01%) | ||||
| Enabling factors | |||||||
| Area of residence | Urban | (%) | 2,189 (25.16%) | 6,509 (74.84%) | 0.000 | ||
| Rural | (%) | 1,227 (28.48%) | 3,080 (71.52%) | ||||
| Economic status | Q1(Poorest) | 2,630 (20.22%) | 744 (28.29%) | 1,886 (71.71%) | 0.000 | ||
| Q2 | 2,583 (19.86%) | 748 (28.96%) | 1,835 (71.04%) | ||||
| Q3 | 2,591 (19.92%) | 657 (25.36%) | 1,934 (74.64%) | ||||
| Q4 | 2,600 (19.99%) | 673 (25.88%) | 1,927 (74.12%) | ||||
| Q5 (Richest) | 2,601 (20.00%) | 594 (22.84%) | 2,007 (77.16%) | ||||
| Basic health insurance | Yes | (%) | 3,169 (25.95%) | 9,044 (74.05%) | 0.000 | ||
| No | (%) | 247 (31.19%) | 545 (68.81%) | ||||
| Supplementary health insurance | Yes | 12,213 (93.91%) | 555 (22.61%) | 1,900 (77.39%) | 0.000 | ||
| No | 792 (6.09%) | 2,861 (27.12%) | 7,689 (72.88%) | ||||
| Need factors | |||||||
| Number of outpatient healthcare needs | One | 10,420 (80.12%) | 2,253 (21.62%) | 8,167 (78.38%) | 0.000 | ||
| Two and higher | 2,585 (19.88%) | 1,163 (44.99%) | 1,422 (55.01%) | ||||