Table 3. Factors associated with self-medication.

Variables	Odds Ratio
	Crude (95% CI)	p-value	Adjusted (95% CI)	p-value
Age
18–35	1.92 (0.89–4.13)	0.095	0.60 (0.22–1.67)	0.331
35–50	0.58 (0.25–1.36)	0.211	0.45 (0.17–1.20)	0.107
61–65	1.52 (0.65–3.54)	0.334	1.08 (0.42–2.80)	0.868
>65 (ref)	1.00		1.00
Gender
Female	0.53 (0.41–0.69)	0.001	0.54 (0.40–0.76)	0.001
Male (ref)	1.00		1.00
District
Rangamati	8.16 (4.77–13.94)	0.001	4.83 (2.66–8.80)	0.001
Khagrachari	6.83 (3.96–11.79)	0.001	4.74 (2.53–8.88)	0.001
Bandarban (ref)	1.00		1.00
Ethnicity
Chakma	16.05 (2.19–117.68)	0.006	3.81 (0.49–29.47)	0.201
Marma	10.36 (1.41–76.24)	0.022	4.42 (0.58–33.89)	0.153
Tripura	4.64 (0.59–36.55)	0.145	2.07 (0.25–17.20)	0.501
Bawm	0.000	0.997	0.000	0.997
Tanchangya	4.35 (0.52–36.64)	0.176	2.42(0.27–21.69)	0.429
Others* (ref)	1.00		1.00
Marital Status
Married	0.26 (0.05–1.42)	0.933	0.85 (0.13–5.62)	0.863
Never married	0.93 (0.17–5.12)	0.119	0.22 (0.04–1.43)	0.114
Widow	0.31 (0.05–2.06)	0.225	0.25 (0.03–1.97)	0.187
Divorced (ref)	1.00		1.00
Educational Status
Illiterate	0.24 (0.14–0.40)	0.001	0.47 (0.22–1.02)	0.057
Primary	0.25 (0.15–0.42)	0.001	0.51 (0.25–1.01)	0.053
Secondary	0.39 (0.25–0.61)	0.001	0.77 (0.44–1.33)	0.342
Higher secondary	0.70 (0.50–0.97)	0.032	0.80 (0.56–1.14)	0.220
Graduate (ref)	1.00		1.00
Occupation
Agricultural work	0.38 (0.23–0.65)	0.001	1.04 (0.55–1.98)	0.902
Service	0.80 (0.49–1.30)	0.365	0.98 (0.55–1.74)	0.931
Housewife	0.42 (0.24–0.72)	0.002	1.30 (0.66–2.53)	0.459
Student	1.64 (1.13–2.38)	0.010	0.64 (0.38–1.09)	0.098
Others** (ref)	1.00		1.00
Income
<236 USD	1.24 (0.65–2.36)	0.513	2.41 (1.21–4.80)	0.012
236–591 USD	1.60 (0.83–3.02)	0.168	3.11 (1.57–6.20)	0.001
>591 USD (ref)	1.00		1.00

*Other in ethnicity includes: Chak, Rakhine, Saotal and Mro

**Others in occupation includes: Business, Day labor, Handloom and Unemployed