Table 4

Number of women who take prescribed medicine (n), prevalence of prescribed medicine use in % and Bivariate and Multivariate association between prescribed medicine use during the preceding 15 days and independent variables in women, by perceived health status.

Good perceived health status

Poor perceived health status

Variables

n

Prev.

Bivar OR

Mvar OR

95% CI

n

Prev.

Bivar OR

Mvar OR

95% CI

Age

15-34

64

11.2

1

1

13

29.3

1

1

35-54

86

14.9

1.4

1.41

0.94-2.11

42

32.2

1.14

1.11

0.43-2.87

55-64

47

26.6

*2.89

2.84

1.69-4.77

50

40.5

1.64

1.87

0.70-4.97

> = 65

91

36.6

*4.62

3.42

1.81-6.46

183

51.1

*2.51

3.13

1.13-8.63

Total

288

18.3

288

43.9

Social class

I-II

58

17.6

1

1

22

50.4

1

1

III

86

18.5

1.06

0.94

0.64-1.38

52

44.3

*0.78

0.67

0.32-1.39

IV-V

121

16.8

0.94

0.93

0.63-1.37

188

42.2

*0.71

0.65

0.33-1.27

Employment status

Salaried employees

107

15.2

1

1

42

48.1

1

1

Housewifes

81

13.2

0.85

0.90

0.59-1.38

133

38.1

*0.66

1.10

0.63-1.91

Unemployed women

19

18.4

*1.26

1.44

0.80-2.56

3

20.0

*0.27

0.52

0.14-1.85

Retired women

57

26.4

*2.06

1.63

0.88-3.04

88

56.1

*1.37

0.99

0.51-1.93

Students

21

27.1

*2.07

0.85

0.48-1.52

4

66.7

*2.15

1.59

0.37-6.87

Type of PHC

PCR 1984-93

50

18.2

1

1

73

49.4

1

1

PCR 1994-98

53

13.6

*0.71

0.76

0.48-1.20

61

42.4

*0.75

0.74

0.45-1.22

No PCR

101

20.3

1.14

1.22

0.81-1.83

110

42.3

*0.74

0.85

0.54-1.32

Mutual or private

53

16.6

0.89

0.80

0.49-1.30

32

43.7

*0.79

0.69

0.36-1.31

No usual PHC

29

15.5

*0.82

0.81

0.47-1.41

8

26.9

*0.37

0.44

0.15-1.27

Barcelona Health Interview Survey, 2000.

PHC indicates primary health care; n, number of cases; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval; Bivar OR, bivariate odds ratio; Mvar OR, multivariate odds ratio; PCR, primary care reform.

* p value < 0.05

Daban et al. International Journal for Equity in Health 2010 9:12   doi:10.1186/1475-9276-9-12