Table 2: Association between general characteristics and self-medication practice among 250 labor force

General Characteristics n (%) Self-medication
(%)
OR 95% CI p-value
Yes No
 Age group (years) 0.454
  ≤ 35 150 (60.0) 88.0 12.0 1.00
  > 35 100 (40.0) 91.0 9.0 1.38 0.59-3.20
 Gender 0.020*
  Male 123 (49.2) 84.6 15.4 1.00
  Female 127 (50.8) 93.7 6.3 2.72 1.14-6.47
 Marital status 0.670
  Married 186 (74.4) 88.7 11.3 1.00
  Single/ Divorced/ Widowed 64 (25.6) 90.6 9.4 1.23 0.47-3.19
 Total number of family member (persons) 0.479
  ≤ 5 180 (72.0) 88.3 11.7 1.00
  > 5 70 (28.0) 91.4 8.6 1.41 0.54-3.65
 Education 0.010*
  College/ Bachelor 54 (21.6) 79.6 20.4 1.00
  Primary/ Secondary/ High 196 (78.4) 91.8 8.2 2.88 1.25-6.64
 Occupation 0.446*
  Employed 199 (79.6) 88.4 11.6 1.00
  Dependent 51 (20.4) 92.2 7.8 1.54 0.51-4.66
 Working hours per day (n=210) 0.011*
  ≤ 8 52 (20.8) 78.8 21.2 1.00
  > 8 158 (63.2) 91.8 8.2 2.99 1.25-7.18
 Average income per month (Kyats) (n=210) 0.036*
  > 130,000 65 (26.0) 81.5 18.5 1.00
  ≤ 130,000 133 (53.2) 91.7 8.3 2.51 1.04-6.05
 Income status for living/ expense (n=210) 0.022*
  Enough with/ without saving 62 (24.8) 80.6 19.4 1.00
  Not enough, no debt/ with debt 136 (54.4) 91.9 8.1 2.73 1.13-6.58
 Decision making role on treatment of illness 0.006*
  Family member/ heath personnel 58 (23.2) 79.3 20.7 1.00
  Self-decision 192 (76.8) 92.2 7.8 3.08 1.35-7.03
 Knowledge about self-medication 0.008*
  Good 90 (36.0) 82.2 17.8 1.00
  Poor 160 (64.0) 93.1 6.9 2.93 1.29-6.63
 Perception related to self-medication 0.001*
  Good 108 (42.3) 81.5 18.5 1.00
  Poor 142 (56.8) 95.1 4.9 4.38 1.78-10.79
 Social support for self-medication 0.014*
  Good 78 (31.2) 7.6 17.9 1.00
  Poor 172 (68.8) 92.4 82.1 2.68 1.19-6.00

*Significance at P<0.05, Degree of freedom for Chi-square test=1. CI: Confidence interval, OR: Odds ratio