Table 6 Multivariate regression analysis of association between sociodemographic and practice variables with scoring 50 % or more in the knowledge test

Age (years)

 < 30

0.86

0.61

1.97

0.160

2.36

0.71

7.80

 ≥ 30

Reference category

Gender

 Male

Reference category

 Female

1.55

0.38

17.02

< 0.001

4.73

2.26

9.89

Education

 BSc Pharmacy

Reference category

 Pharm.D

1.34

0.70

3.68

0.055

3.82

0.97

15.03

 Postgraduate pharmacy education (MSc or PhD)

0.42

0.89

0.22

0.640

1.52

0.26

8.70

Place from where the academic degree was obtained

 Palestine

0.35

0.44

0.65

0.421

1.42

0.60

3.35

 Other

Reference category

Experience (years)

 < 5

Reference category

 5 to < 10

-0.82

0.67

1.52

0.218

0.44

0.12

1.63

 ≥ 10

-0.15

0.52

0.08

0.782

0.87

0.31

2.42