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. 2022 Dec 30;17(12):e0278843. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0278843

Table 2. Association between maternal self-medication of antibiotics for children and independent variables in univariate and adjusted logistic regression analysis among children 0–5 years old, 2018–2019.

Variable Univariate analysis Adjusted analysis*
OR (95%CI)** P-value OR (95%CI)** P-value
Children sex (girl) 0.79(0.64, 0.98) 0.031 0.77 (0.62, 0.95) 0.016
Age of children 1.18(1.09, 1.27) 0.001 1.21(1.12, 1.31) 0.001
Age of mother 0.99(0.97, 1.01) 0.207 0.96(0.94, 0.98) 0.001
Mother education 0.92(0.86, 0.98) 0.015 - -
Father education 0.92(0.86, 0.98) 0.010 - -
Mother job 0.94(0.78, 1.12) 0.465 - -
Father job 0.74(0.60, 0.91) 0.004 0.80(0.65, 0.99) 0.046
Parity 1.48(1.26, 1.72) 0.001 1.64(1.38, 1.95) 0.001
Birth weight 1.00(0.99, 1.01) 0.545 - -
Insurance coverage 1.18(0.79, 1.78) 0.415 -
Socio-economic status 0.97(0.90, 1.05) 0.455 - -
Health literacy 1.00(0.99, 1.01) 0.985 - -