Table 5.
Relationship of socio-economic status of respondents with medication adherence strategies of diabetes mellitus.
| Level of education | Adherence | Non-Adherence | Total | X2 | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No formal education | 1 (1.1) | 06 (19.4) | 7 (5.5) | 16.972 | < 0.001 |
| Primary education | 3 (3.2) | 02 (6.5) | 5 (4.0) | ||
| Secondary education | 25 (26.3) | 09 (29.0) | 34 (27.0) | ||
| Tertiary education | 66 (69.5) | 14 (45.2) | 80 (63.5) | ||
| Occupation | |||||
| Trading/business | 16 (16.8) | 5 (16.1) | 21 (16.7) | ||
| Skilled artisan | 3 (3.3) | 2 (6.4) | 5 (3.9) | 16.523 | 0.011 |
| Student | 2 (2.2) | 1 (3.2) | 3 (2.4) | ||
| Unemployed | 4 (4.4) | 1 (3.2) | 5 (3.9) | ||
| Self employed | 11 (11.6) | 4 (12.8) | 15 (11.9) | ||
| Civil servant | 38 (40.0) | 3 (9.6) | 41 (32.5) | ||
| Retiree | 19 (20.0) | 17 (54.8) | 36 (28.6) | ||
| Monthly income (Naira) | |||||
| < 10,000 | 7 (7.4) | 3 (9.7) | 10 (7.9) | 10.032 | 0.039 |
| 11,000–30,000 | 6 (6.3) | 5 (16.1) | 11 (8.7) | ||
| 31,000–50,000 | 15 (15.8) | 4 (12.9) | 19 (15.1) | ||
| 51,000–70,000 | 14 (14.7) | 10 (32.3) | 24 (19.1) | ||
| ≥ 70,000 | 53 (55.8) | 9 (29.0) | 62 (49.2) | ||
| Medical adherence level | 95 (75.4) | 31 (24.6) | |||
Values in parenthesis indicate % while X2 and p represent chi-square and probability values, respectively.