Table 6.

Factors associated with appropriate use of antibiotics in children (good practice).

Variable	Categories	Univariate analysis			Multivariate analysis
		cOR	95% CI	P-value	aOR	95% CI	P-value
Parents’ age (years)	> 45	0.58	0.32–1.06	0.074	0.82	0.40–1.65	0.573
	36–45	1.04	0.77–1.42	0.788	0.99	0.64–1.55	0.994
	25–35	1.37	1.07–1.77	0.014	1.05	0.76–1.46	0.769
	< 25	Ref			Ref
Children’s (years)	≥ 10	0.75	0.35–1.60	0.459
	5–9	0.80	0.56–1.12	0.193
	< 5	Ref
Number of children	≥ 3	0.70	0.55–0.88	0.003	0.66	0.46–0.94	0.023
	2	0.94	0.73–1.21	0.627	0.82	0.59–1.12	0.212
	1	Ref			Ref
Parents’ sex	Female	1.38	1.05–1.82	0.020	1.51	1.08–2.09	0.015
	Male	Ref			Ref
Marital status	Married	1.13	0.87–1.45	0.363
	Not married	Ref
Occupation	Employed	2.79	2.13–3.64	< 0.001	1.18	0.78–1.78	0.431
	Self-employed	1.44	1.13–1.84	0.003	1.16	0.85–1.57	0.348
	Not employed	Ref			Ref
Monthly incomea ($)	High	4.52	3.29–6.20	< 0.001	2.02	1.29–3.16	0.002
	Middle	2.35	1.90–2.92	< 0.001	1.53	1.14–2.04	0.004
	Low	Ref
Education level	Degree/Masters	11.13	6.16–20.12	< 0.001	3.27	1.62–6.63	0.001
	Diploma	4.94	2.74–8.93	< 0.001	2.10	1.05–4.22	0.036
	Certificate	5.06	2.73–9.39	< 0.001	1.67	0.83–3.37	0.151
	Advanced secondary	2.17	1.21–3.87	0.009	1.10	0.56–2.14	0.791
	Primary/secondary	2.83	1.78–4.49	< 0.001	1.46	0.88–2.41	0.145
	Literate	0.95	0.53–1.69	0.864	0.64	0.34–1.20	0.162
	Illiterate	Ref			Ref
Family type	Nuclear family	1.35	1.03–1.77	0.032	1.19	0.86–1.65	0.296
	Single parent family	1.06	0.76–1.50	0.729	1.03	0.67–1.58	0.905
	Extended family	Ref			Ref
Place of residence	Urban	1.76	1.39–2.23	< 0.001	0.82	0.62–1.09	0.170
	Rural	Ref			Ref
Knowledge	Good	4.44	3.31–5.95	< 0.001	1.70	1.19–2.43	0.003
	Moderate	1.85	1.47–2.31	< 0.001	1.23	0.95–1.59	0.112
	Poor	Ref			Ref
Attitude	Positive	7.51	5.78–9.77	< 0.001	5.56	4.09–7.56	< 0.001
	Uncertain	3.28	2.57–4.19	< 0.001	2.80	2.12–3.70	< 0.001
	Negative	Ref			Ref

^aThe classification of family income used a world bank definition of poverty of population living on less than $1.25 per day.