Self-Medication Pattern among Social Science University Students in Northwest Ethiopia

Table 4

Determinants of self-medication practice.

Variable	Number of students who did self- medication		Crude Odds ratio	Adjusted odds ratio	value
	Yes	No
Sex
Male	64	151	1	1
Female	62	108	1.354	1.658 [1.020–2.696]
Monthly income (Eth. birr)
<200	27	53	1	1
200–500	67	182	0.723	0.661 [0.371–1.176]	0.159
>500	32	24	2.617	2.153 [1.020–4.545]
Year of study
First year	38	78	1	1
Second year	29	84	0.709	0.782 [0.427–1.432]	0.426
Third year	45	85	1.087	1.154 [0.633–2.105]	0.640
Fourth year	7	5	2.874	2.977 [0.818–10.841]	0.098
Fifth year	7	7	2.053	1.819 [0.546–6.058]	0.330