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. 2020 Dec;20(4):2032–2043. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v20i4.61

Table 5.

Social demographic association with use of nonprescription drug

Use of medication w/o prescription

Yes
(n=120)
No
(n=34)
OR (CI) P-value Adjusted OR (CI) P-value
Number of children
<10yrs
N (%) N (%)

>1 child 92 (86.8%) 14 (13.2%) 4.6 (2.10–10.48) p<0.001 4.74 (1.94–11.58) p=0.001
One child 28 (58.3%) 20 (41.7%)

Origin Kigali 78 (84.8%) 14 (15.2%) 2.65
(1.21–5.78)
p=0.013 2.23 (0.91–5.46) p=0.078
Outside Kigali 42 (67.7%) 20 (32.2%)

Site of interview Private 44 (86.3%) 7 (13.7%) 2.23
(0.89–5.55)
p=0.080 1.09 (0.32–3.67) p=0.886
Public 76 (73.8%) 27 (26.2%)

Economic status High 39 (86.6%) 6 (13.3%) 2.24 (0.86–5.87) p=0.094 1.79 (0.53–6) p=0.342
Low/Moderate 81 (74.3) 28 (25.7)

Age of parent >30 77 (81.9%) 17 (18.1%) 1.79 (0.83–3.86) p=0.136 0.82 (0.32–2.09) p=0.679
<30 43 (71.7%) 17 (28.3%)

Education level Advanced 61 (79.2%) 16 (20.8%) 1.16 (0.54–2.49) p=0.699 NA NA
Minimal 59 (76.6%) 18 (23.4%)

Relationship Mother 104 (78.2%) 29 (21.8%) 1.12 (0.37–3.31) p=0.837 NA NA
Other 16 (76.2%) 5 (23.8%)

Marital status Married 113 (77.9%) 32 (22.1%) 1.00 (0.20–5.09) p=0.991 NA NA
Single 7 (77.8%) 2 (22.2%)

Health insurance Private 47 (78.3%) 13 (21.7%) 1.04 (0.47–2.27) p=0.922 NA NA
Mutuelle de
santé/None
73 (77.7%) 21 (22.3%)

OR=Odds ratio; AOR=Adjusted Odds Ratio; Multivariate analysis (AOR) undertaken on factors with p-value <0.20