Prevalence and Predictors of Storage of Unused Medicines among Households in Northwestern Ethiopia

Table 4

Storage conditions of in-use and unused medicines at households in sampled woreda-kebeles in Awi zone, Amhara regional state, Ethiopia, 2018 N = 507.

Storage place	In-use medications		Unused medications		Chi-square	-value
	Frequency	Percent (%)	Frequency	Percent (%)
Shelf (chegot)	326	64.3	37	7.3	71.021	0.003
Box	147	29.0	36	7.1
Pocket	10	2.0	5	1.0
Bag	5	1.0	4	0.8
Basket (agelgil)	10	2.0	9	1.8
Cupboard	6	1.2	3	0.6
Other (under a pillow)	3	0.6	0	0
Not storing	0	0	413	81.5
Total	507	100	507	100