Table 5 Sample characteristics of two rounds of census survey in three Thai villages

From: Translating antimicrobial resistance: a case study of context and consequences of antibiotic-related communication in three northern Thai villages

Variable		Survey Round I					Survey Round II
Variable		Mean	Std. dev.	Min	Max	n	Mean	Std. dev.	Min	Max	n
Activity	% participated in educational activity: throughout	0.00	0.00	0	0	626	0.13	0.33	0	1	640
	% participated in educational activity: partly	0.00	0.00	0	0	626	0.02	0.12	0	1	640
	% heard about educational activity	0.00	0.00	0	0	626	0.44	0.50	0	1	640
	% saw poster of educational activity	0.00	0.00	0	0	626	0.41	0.49	0	1	640
Demographic attributes	Sex (% female)	0.54	0.50	0	1	626	0.54	0.50	0	1	640
	Age	46.21	15.88	18	91	626	46.36	16.15	18	91	640
	Completed years of formal education	4.46	4.88	0	18	626	4.43	4.87	0	19	640
	Wealth index (range: 0–1)^a,b	0.56	0.12	0.17	0.89	291	0.55	0.12	0.17	0.89	304
	% speaking Thai	0.84	0.37	0	1	626	0.83	0.37	0	1	640
	Ethnic group: Thai/Mueang	0.34	0.47	0	1	626	0.35	0.48	0	1	640
	Ethnic group: Akha	0.09	0.29	0	1	626	0.10	0.30	0	1	640
	Ethnic group: Lahu	0.23	0.42	0	1	626	0.23	0.42	0	1	640
	Ethnic group: Mien	0.27	0.45	0	1	626	0.26	0.44	0	1	640
	Ethnic group: Khamu	0.07	0.25	0	1	626	0.06	0.24	0	1	640
	Ethnic group: Other	0.01	0.08	0	1	626	0.01	0.08	0	1	640
Antibiotic knowledge/attitudes	% who have seen antibiotic capsules	0.79	0.40	0	1	626	0.98	0.15	0	1	640
	% who have heard of drug resistance	0.66	0.47	0	1	626	0.68	0.47	0	1	640
	% buy antibiotics over the counter (attitude)^c	0.55	0.50	0	1	614	0.55	0.50	0	1	631
	% prefer antibiotics over alternatives (attitude)^c	0.62	0.49	0	1	602	0.62	0.49	0	1	608
	% do not keep antibiotics for future use (knowledge)^c	0.58	0.49	0	1	620	0.58	0.49	0	1	637
	% antibiotic resistance can spread (knowledge)^c	0.14	0.35	0	1	514	0.12	0.33	0	1	568
	No. of desirable knowledge/attitude answers (out of 4)	1.84	1.04	0	4	626	1.81	1.07	0	4	640
Treatment-seeking behaviour^d,e	Self-rated severity (1 = mild, 2 = medium, 3 = severe)	1.84	0.76	1	3	234	1.72	0.83	1	3	267
	Average duration of illness episode	11.00	47.73	0	721	234	8.97	10.99	0	67	267
	Average no. of medicine courses received^f	2.30	1.71	0	11	234	2.18	1.81	0	11	267
	Average no. of capsule/tablet-type medicine courses^g	1.71	1.47	0	9	234	1.60	1.58	0	8	267
	% public providers (health centres, hospitals)	0.38	0.49	0	1	234	0.31	0.46	0	1	267
	% private providers (clinics, hospitals, pharmacies)	0.14	0.35	0	1	234	0.21	0.41	0	1	267
	% informal providers (grocery stores, healers)	0.08	0.27	0	1	234	0.10	0.31	0	1	267
	% family and self-care	0.90	0.30	0	1	234	0.93	0.26	0	1	267
	% others	0.02	0.13	0	1	234	0.04	0.20	0	1	267

^aAverage of 17 household assets and amenities on scale from 0 to 1
^bHousehold level data
^cSee Table 2 for associated knowledge/attitude questions
^dIllness-level data
^eResolved acute illnesses experienced by respondent (excluding uncompleted episodes and illnesses/accidents of children under respondent’s supervision)
^f“Number of courses” as in, “How many types of medicine did you receive during step x of your illness?”

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