Table 5.

Univariate and multivariate analysis of factors associated with parents’ positive attitude on appropriate use of antibiotic in children.

Variable	Categories	Univariate analysis			Multivariate analysis
		cOR	95% CI	P-value	aOR	95% CI	P-value
Parents’ age (years)	> 45	1.08	0.76–1.54	0.677	1.19	0.79–1.77	0.405
	36–45	1.35	1.08–1.68	0.007	1.16	0.91–1.49	0.234
	25–35	1.33	1.10–1.60	0.003	1.10	0.90–1.35	0.357
	< 25	Ref			Ref
Number of children	≥ 3	1.07	0.90–1.28	0.447
	2	1.20	0.99–1.46	0.063
	1	Ref
Parents’ sex	Female	0.81	0.68–0.98	0.029	0.76	0.62–0.94	0.010
	Male	Ref			Ref
Marital status	Married	1.28	1.06–1.54	0.010	1.03	0.77–1.38	0.844
	Not married	Ref			Ref
Occupation	Employed	1.93	1.58–2.36	< 0.001	1.20	0.94–1.55	0.148
	Self-employed	1.19	1.01–1.40	0.040	0.96	0.80–1.15	0.634
	Not employed	Ref			Ref
Education level	Degree/masters	8.79	5.60–13.82	< 0.001	5.30	3.24–8.65	< 0.001
	Diploma	2.54	1.66–3.89	< 0.001	1.38	0.85–2.23	0.187
	Certificate	4.92	3.15–7.70	< 0.001	2.89	1.77–4.70	< 0.001
	Advanced secondary	1.16	0.79–1.71	0.441	0.76	0.49–1.17	0.214
	Primary/secondary	2.73	2.06–3.60	< 0.001	1.92	1.42–2.60	< 0.001
	Literate	1.32	0.95–1.84	0.097	0.92	0.65–1.32	0.661
	Illiterate	Ref			Ref
Family type	Nuclear family	1.22	1.004–1.48	0.046	1.08	0.87–1.33	0.493
	Single parent family	0.81	0.64–1.04	0.093	0.81	0.59–1.13	0.224
	Extended family	Ref			Ref
Residence	Urban	2.37	2.00–2.81	< 0.001	2.07	1.72–2.49	< 0.001
	Rural	Ref			Ref

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