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Table 3 Knowledge scores of respondents, China, 2019

From: A cross-sectional study: comparison of public perceptions of adverse drug reaction reporting and monitoring in eastern and western China

Characteristic

Nanjing

Xi’an

Mean(SD)

P-value

Mean(SD)

P-value

Gender

  Male

6.51 (1.53)

0.196

6.37 (1.74)

0.027*

  Female

6.31 (1.44)

 

6.73 (1.67)

 

Age

  < 18

5.90 (1.84)

0.787

7.20 (1.92)

0.014*

  18–30

6.45 (1.50)

 

6.65 (1.61)

 

  31–40

6.39 (1.54)

 

6.62 (1.92)

 

  41–50

6.50 (1.13)

 

6.54 (1.73)

 

  51–60

6.33 (1.28)

 

5.84 (1.62)

 

  61–70

6.48 (1.63)

 

5.27 (1.75)

 

  > 70

6.80 (1.79)

 

6.86 (1.77)

 

Ethnicity

  Han

6.41 (1.50)

0.215

6.54 (1.72)

0.428

  Other

7.00 (0.94)

 

7.33 (0.58)

 

Education level

  None/primary

7.38 (1.92)

0.036*

5.00 (1.82)

0.078

  Junior school

5.83 (1.68)

 

6.23 (1.76)

 

  High school

6.42 (1.45)

 

6.44 (1.76)

 

  Junior college

6.28 (1.44)

 

6.66 (1.62)

 

  Undergraduate college

6.54 (1.46)

 

6.65 (1.69)

 

  Master degree/above

6.56 (1.42)

 

6.63 (1.76)

 

Annual income level

  Under ¥30,000

6.39 (1.60)

0.291

6.54 (1.66)

0.601

  ¥30,000-¥60,000

6.19 (1.41)

 

6.44 (1.78)

 

  ¥60,000-¥90,000

6.66 (1.50)

 

6.75 (1.59)

 

  ¥90,000-¥120,000

6.57 (1.24)

 

6.83 (1.50)

 

  ¥120,000-¥150,000

6.41 (1.40)

 

6.37 (2.48)

 

  Above ¥150,000

6.58 (1.24)

 

6.00 (1.87)

 
  1. *Significant difference with p value < 0.05; SD Std. Deviation