Variable | Total number of households | Medicines utilization in the last 1 month | OR (95% CI) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Percent | Unadjusted | Adjustedb | ||
Highest level of education in the family | |||||
Reading and writinga | 26 | 7 | 26.9 | ||
Primary education | 94 | 31 | 33.0 | 1.34 (0.51–3.51) | 1.45 (0.52–4.09) |
Secondary education | 234 | 115 | 49.1 | 2.62 (1.06–6.48) | 2.67 (1.01–7.06) |
College/university education | 417 | 226 | 54.2 | 3.21 (1.32–7.80) | 2.12 (0.79–5.68) |
Presence of health professional in household | |||||
Yes | 663 | 307 | 46.3 | 2.32 (1.51–3.56)* | 1.81 (1.10–2.96)* |
Noa | 108 | 72 | 66.7 | ||
Chronic illness in household | |||||
Yes | 598 | 239 | 40.0 | 6.37 (4.22–9.63)* | 6.34 (4.15–9.67)* |
Noa | 173 | 140 | 80.9 | ||
Household monthly income (USD) | |||||
<50a | 164 | 67 | 40.9 | ||
51–100 | 137 | 67 | 48.9 | 1.39 (0.88–2.19) | 1.14 (0.69–1.88) |
101–150 | 110 | 64 | 58.2 | 2.01 (1.23–3.29)* | 1.52 (0.88–2.65) |
151–200 | 76 | 39 | 51.3 | 1.53 (0.88–2.64) | 1.17 (0.26–2.20) |
201–250 | 80 | 50 | 62.5 | 2.41 (1.39–4.18)* | 1.60 (0.84–3.06) |
>250 | 56 | 34 | 60.7 | 2.24 (1.20–4.16)* | 1.87 (0.93–3.77) |
Not disclosed | 148 | 58 | 39.2 | 0.93 (0.59–1.47) | 0.85 (0.52–1.38) |