Public Awareness and Identification of Counterfeit Drugs in Tanzania: A View on Antimalarial Drugs

Table 2

Sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents and the ability to distinguish between genuine and counterfeit drugs.

Characteristics	⁢Ability to distinguish between genuine and counterfeit drugs		Chi-square	value
	Yes	No
	(%)	(%)
	Age group
18–28	45 (59.2)	31 (40.8)	1.121	0.891
29–39	72 (52.6)	65 (47.4)
40–50	35 (58.3)	25 (41.7)
51–61	7 (53.8)	6 (46.2)
Above 62	4 (57.1)	3 (42.9)
Sex
Male	104 (55.6)	83 (44.4)	0.000	0.994
Female	59 (55.7)	47 (44.3)
Education level
Primary	68 (53.1)	60 (46.9)	2.088	0.554
Secondary	39 (54.2)	33 (45.8)
College or above	55 (61.1)	35 (38.9)
None	1 (33.3)	2 (66.7)
Marital status
Married	113 (54.9)	93 (45.1)	0.170	0.680
Single	50 (57.5)	37 (42.5)
Respondent’s occupation
Health workers	21 (84.0)	4 (16.0)	8.912	0.003
Non-health workers	142 (53.0)	126 (47.0)