Table 4.

Univariate and multivariate analysis of factors associated with parents’ good knowledge about antibiotics use in children.

Variable	Categories	Univariate analysis			Multivariate analysis
		cOR	95% CI	P-value	aOR	95% CI	P-value
Parents’ age (years)	> 45	1.41	0.99–2.01	0.054	1.55	1.02–2.36	0.041
	36–45	1.60	1.28–1.99	< 0.001	1.41	1.05–1.90	0.021
	25–35	1.47	1.22–1.77	< 0.001	1.13	0.90–1.43	0.287
	< 25	Ref			Ref
Number of children	≥ 3	1.12	0.94–1.34	0.197	0.80	0.62–1.03	0.079
	2	1.28	1.05–1.55	0.015	1.00	0.79–1.26	0.991
	1	Ref			Ref
Parents’ sex	Female	0.96	0.80–1.16	0.698
	Male	Ref
Marital status	Married	1.46	1.21–1.76	< 0.001	1.15	0.86–1.54	0.351
	Not married	Ref			Ref
Occupation	Employed	3.81	3.09–4.69	< 0.001	2.66	2.06–3.43	< 0.001
	Self-employed	1.33	1.13–1.57	0.001	1.21	1.002–1.45	0.048
	Not employed	Ref			Ref
Education level	Degree/Masters	7.58	4.83–11.91	< 0.001	3.22	1.96–5.26	< 0.001
	Diploma	3.90	2.56–5.93	< 0.001	1.40	0.87–2.24	0.167
	Certificate	6.42	4.10–10.07	< 0.001	2.87	1.76–4.66	< 0.001
	Advanced secondary	1.20	0.84–1.73	0.317	0.68	0.46–1.02	0.065
	Primary/secondary	2.01	1.55–2.62	< 0.001	1.41	1.06–1.88	0.018
	Literate	1.25	0.92–1.70	0.159	0.85	0.61–1.19	0.350
	Illiterate	Ref			Ref
Family type	Nuclear family	0.86	0.71–1.04	0.133	0.71	0.58–0.88	0.002
	Single parent family	0.58	0.46–0.74	< 0.001	0.61	0.44–0.84	0.003
	Extended family	Ref			Ref
Place of residence	Urban	2.06	1.75–2.45	< 0.001	1.64	1.37–1.96	< 0.001
	Rural	Ref			Ref

cOR crude odds ratio, aOR adjusted odds ratio, 95%CI 95% confidence interval, Ref reference category.