Table 3 Characteristics of shoppers purchasing drugs at DLDB that stocked ACTs, by drug choice
Bought antipyretic | Bought antimalarial | Bought antimalarial other than ACT | Bought ACT | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | n | Mean(SD) | n | Mean (SD) | t (df), p | n | Mean(SD) | n | Mean (SD) | t (df), p |
Age of intended recipient (years) | 465 | 24.00 (12.32) | 1002 | 19.34 (14.27) | 6.54^(1036), p<0.01 | 490 | 22.35 (13.86) | 512 | 16.46 (14.08) | 6.67 (1000), p<0.01 |
Age of purchaser (years) | 720 | 28.98 (8.71) | 1282 | 30.65 (8.40) | -4.21 (2000), p<0.01 | 660 | 30.62 (8.34) | 622 | 30.69 (8.47) | -0.16 (1280), p=0.88 |
Education level of purchaser (0-6) | 629 | 2.10 (1.02) | 1101 | 2.29 (1.11) | -3.60^ (1404), p<0.01 | 562 | 2.29 (1.11) | 539 | 2.29 (1.11) | 0.01 (1099), p=0.99 |
Socioeconomic status of purchaser | 720 | 33.78 (15.01) | 1285 | 37.05 (16.92) | -4.46^ (1642), p<0.01 | 661 | 38.44 (17.39) | 624 | 35.57 (16.29) | 3.06 (1283), p<0.01 |