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Table 3 Determinants of low knowledge about antibiotics in parents from primary health care centres in rural communities in Peru (N = 231)

From: Knowledge, attitudes and practices of parents towards antibiotic use in rural communities in Peru: a cross-sectional multicentre study

Characteristic

Moderate/high knowledge

Low knowledge

Crude PR (95% CI)

P value1

Gender

 Male

16 (66.7)

8 (33.3)

1

0.925

 Female

136 (65.7)

71 (34.3)

1.03 (0.57–1.87)

Age of respondent

  ≤ 20

10 (43.5)

13 (56.5)

2.39 (1.32–4.34)

0.0525

 21–30

52 (65.8)

27 (34.2)

1.44 (0.82–2.55)

 31–40

48 (64.9)

26 (35.1)

1.49 (0.84–2.62)

  > 40

42 (76.4)

13 (23.6)

1

Education

 None or primary

54 (60.7)

35 (39.3)

1.27 (0.89–1.81)

0.191

 Secondary or tertiary

98 (69.0)

44 (31.0)

1

Number of children

 One or two

102 (66.2)

52 (33.8)

1

0.844

 Three or more

50 (64.9)

27 (35.1)

1.04 (0.71–1.51)

Age of her/his older child

 1–2

55 (59.8)

37 (40.2)

1

0.115

  > 3

97 (69.8)

42 (30.2)

0.8 (0.5–1.1)1

  1. PR Odds ratio, CI Confidence interval
  2. *adjusted for the other variables included in the model
  3. 1p value derived from the Likelihood ratio test in the bivariable analysis