Table 2 Responses to questions related to knowledge, attitudes and practices in relation to antibiotics use
Variables | Knowledge level | Attitudes level | Practices level | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Less n (%) | Better n (%) | X2 (p = value) | Less appropriate n (%) | More appropriate n (%) | X2 (p = value) | Poor n (%) | Better n (%) | X2 (p = value) | |
Gender | |||||||||
 Male | 55 (54.5) | 46 (45.5) | 0.010 (p = 0.920) | 61 (60.4) | 40 (39.6) | 3.473 (p = 0.062) | 76 (75.2) | 25 (24.8) | 5.984 (p = 0.014) |
 Female | 64 (53.8) | 55 (46.2) | 86 (72.3) | 33 (27.7) | 71 (59.7) | 48 (40.3) | |||
Area of Residence | |||||||||
 Urban | 33 (37.5) | 55 (62.5) | 16.257 (p = < 0.001) | 51 (58.0) | 37 (42.0) | 5.197 (p = 0.023) | 46 (52.3) | 42 (47.7) | 13.996 (p = < 0.001) |
 Rural | 86 (65.2) | 46 (34.8) | 96 (72.7) | 36 (27.3) | 101 (76.5) | 31 (23.5) | |||
Age Group (Yr.) | |||||||||
 15–24 | 13 (52.0) | 12 (48.0) | 30.696 (p = < 0.001) | 17 (68.0) | 8 (32.0) | 8.499 (p = 0.075) | 10 (40.0) | 15 (60.0) | 17.921 (p = 0.001) |
 25–34 | 15 (30.0) | 35 (70.0) | 25 (50.0) | 25 (50.0) | 29 (58.0) | 21 (42.0) | |||
 35–44 | 40 (49.4) | 41 (50.6) | 58 (71.6) | 23 (28.4) | 55 (67.9) | 26 (32.1) | |||
 45–54 | 28 (73.7) | 10 (26.3) | 28 (73.7) | 10 (26.3) | 30 (78.9) | 8 (21.1) | |||
 55+ | 23 (88.5) | 3 (11.5) | 19 (73.1) | 7 (26.9) | 23 (88.5) | 3 (11.5) | |||
Education Level | |||||||||
 General literate | 36 (94.7) | 2 (5.3) | 72.264 (p = < 0.001) | 33 (86.8) | 5 (13.2) | 27.306 (p = < 0.001) | 31 (81.6) | 7 (18.4) | 42.452 (p = < 0.001) |
 Primary/Secondary School | 51 (73.9) | 18 (26.1) | 53 (76.8) | 16 (23.2) | 55 (79.7) | 14 (20.3) | |||
 High School/Intermediate | 25 (37.9) | 41 (62.1) | 43 (65.2) | 23 (34.8) | 48 (72.7) | 18 (27.3) | |||
 Bachelors and above | 7 (14.9) | 40 (85.1) | 18 (38.3) | 29 (61.7) | 13 (27.7) | 34 (72.3) | |||
Income Level - Quartile (NPR) | |||||||||
 First (30,000 or less) | 36 (60.0) | 24 40.0) | 1.884 (p = 0.597) | 44 (73.3) | 16 (26.7) | 1.512 (p = 0.680) | 38 (63.3) | 22 (36.7) | 1.197 (p = 0.754) |
 Second (30,001 to 40,000) | 24 (52.2) | 22 (47.8) | 30 (65.2) | 16 (34.8) | 29 (63.0) | 17 (37.0) | |||
 Third (40,001 to 53,500) | 26 (50.0) | 26 (50.0) | 33 (63.5) | 19 (36.5) | 37 (71.2) | 15 (28.8) | |||
 Fourth (53,501 and above) | 25 (48.1) | 27 (51.9) | 34 (65.4) | 18 (34.6) | 36 (69.2) | 16 (30.8) | |||