Table 1 Socio-demographic factors and Chi-squared test results for borrowing and sharing prescription medicine, n = 1614
Frequency | Borrowed Prescription Medicine | Shared Prescription medicine | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | n (%) | Yes (%) | No (%) | Χ2 | P-value | Yes (%) | No (%) | Χ2 | P-value |
Age groups | |||||||||
60 and above years | 117 (7.2) | 27 (23.1) | 90 (76.9) | 22.17 | < 0.001 | 17 (14.5) | 100 (85.5) | 44.94 | < 0.001 |
≤ 19 Years | 105 (6.5) | 43 (41.0) | 62 (59.1) | 42 (40.0) | 63 (60.0) | ||||
20–29 years | 532 (33.0) | 225 (42.3) | 307 (57.7) | 216 (40.6) | 316 (59.4) | ||||
30–39 years | 489 (30.3) | 163 (33.3) | 326 (66.7) | 158 (32.3) | 331 (67.7) | ||||
40–49 years | 236 (14.6) | 78 (33.0) | 158 (67.0) | 63 (26.7) | 173 (73.3) | ||||
50–59 years | 135 (8.4) | 43 (31.9) | 92 (68.2) | 31 (23.0) | 104 (77.0) | ||||
Sex | |||||||||
Male | 512 (31.7) | 124 (24.2) | 388 (75.8) | 44.28 | < 0.001 | 103 (20.1) | 409 (79.9) | 53.58 | < 0.001 |
Female | 1102 (68.3) | 455 (41.3) | 647 (58.7) | 424 (38.5) | 678 (61.5) | ||||
Level of education | |||||||||
None | 377 (23.3) | 133 (35.3) | 244 (64.7) | 9.26 | 0.056 | 108 (28.7) | 269 (71.4) | 7.41 | 0.119 |
Primary education | 786 (48.7) | 305 (38.8) | 481 (61.2) | 268 (34.1) | 518 (65.9) | ||||
Ordinary level education | 345 (21.4) | 111 (32.2) | 234 (67.8) | 122 (35.4) | 223 (64.6) | ||||
Advanced level education | 87 (05.4) | 27 (31.0) | 60 (69) | 26 (29.9) | 61 (70.1) | ||||
Tertiary education | 19 (01.2) | 3 (15.8) | 16 (84.2) | 3 (15.8) | 16 (84.2) | ||||
Religious affiliation | |||||||||
Catholic | 940 (58.2) | 325 (34.6) | 615 (65.4) | 13.09 | 0.009 | 290 (30.9) | 650 (69.1) | 20.71 | < 0.001 |
Protestant | 590 (36.6) | 221 (37.5) | 369 (62.5) | 200 (33.9) | 390 (66.1) | ||||
Muslim | 12 (0.8) | 3 (25.0) | 9 (75.0) | 4 (33.3) | 8 (66.7) | ||||
Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) | 15 (0.9) | 1 (6.7) | 14 (93.3) | 1 (6.7) | 14 (93.3) | ||||
Pentecostal | 57 (03.5) | 29 (50.9) | 28 (49.1 | 32 (56.1) | 25 (43.9) | ||||
Occupation | |||||||||
Peasant farmer | 1149 (71.2) | 426 (37.1) | 723 (62.9) | 24.27 | < 0.001 | 358 (31.2) | 791 (68.8) | 42.28 | < 0.001 |
Employed Salary Earning | 171 (10.6) | 33 (19.3) | 138 (80.7) | 32 (18.7) | 139 (81.3) | ||||
Business | 294 (18.2) | 120 (40.8) | 174 (59.2) | 137 (46.6) | 157 (53.4) | ||||
Marital status | |||||||||
Single/Widow/Divorce/Widower | 362 (22.4) | 122 (33.7) | 240 (66.3) | 0.96 | 0.351 | 108 (29.8) | 254 (70.2) | 1.68 | 0.204 |
Married/Cohabiting | 1252 (77.6) | 457 (36.5) | 795 (63.5) | 419 (33.5) | 833 (66.5) | ||||