Table 2 Study sample and unsafe storage of household medicines in families with children four-year-olds from the 2004 Pelotas Birth Cohort (Brazil)
Variables | Study sample | Unsafe storage | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | 95% CI | |
Child’s gender | |||||
Male | 1973 | 51.93 | 428 | 21.71 | 19.89–23.58 |
Female | 1826 | 48.07 | 385 | 21.08 | 19.23–23.03 |
Maternal skin colour | |||||
White | 2329 | 61.97 | 508 | 21.81 | 20.15–23.55 |
Black | 626 | 16.66 | 128 | 20.45 | 17.35–23.82 |
Brown or mixed | 764 | 20.33 | 165 | 21.63 | 18.73–24.69 |
Asian or Native | 39 | 1.04 | 5 | 12.82 | 4.29–27.43 |
Maternal age | |||||
13–19 | 710 | 18.70 | 167 | 23.55 | 20.45–26.82 |
20–29 | 1878 | 49.46 | 380 | 20.23 | 18.44–22.12 |
30 or more | 1209 | 31.84 | 266 | 22.02 | 19.70–24.44 |
Maternal education (years of schooling) | |||||
0–4 | 581 | 15.36 | 115 | 19.83 | 16.63–23.27 |
5–8 | 1405 | 37.14 | 291 | 20.71 | 18.62–22.93 |
8–11 | 1341 | 35.45 | 285 | 21.27 | 19.09–23.54 |
12 or more | 456 | 12.05 | 118 | 25.88 | 21.92–30.16 |
Paternal education (years of schooling) | |||||
0–4 | 560 | 16.30 | 129 | 23.04 | 19.61–26.75 |
5–8 | 1470 | 42.78 | 299 | 20.35 | 18.31–22.59 |
8–11 | 1064 | 30.97 | 232 | 21.83 | 19.36–24.41 |
12 or more | 342 | 9.95 | 79 | 23.10 | 18.74–27.94 |
Maternal employment status after the child was born | |||||
No | 1317 | 34.74 | 262 | 19.91 | 17.77–22.15 |
Yes | 2474 | 65.26 | 548 | 22.15 | 20.53–23.84 |
Socioeconomic status (ABEP) | |||||
A and B | 974 | 25.92 | 227 | 23.31 | 20.68–26.09 |
C | 1997 | 53.15 | 415 | 20.79 | 19.02–22.63 |
D and E | 786 | 20.92 | 160 | 20.36 | 17.59–23.34 |
Primary caregiver | |||||
Unrelated | 925 | 24.50 | 217 | 23.46 | 20.76–26.32 |
Relative | 2850 | 75.50 | 589 | 20.68 | 19.19–22.20 |
Maternal self-rated health | |||||
Excellent / very good | 1314 | 34.59 | 270 | 20.56 | 18.39–22.84 |
Good | 1781 | 46.88 | 392 | 22.01 | 20.11–24.01 |
Fair / poor | 704 | 18.53 | 151 | 21.48 | 18.47–24.67 |
Maternal chronic condition | |||||
No | 2080 | 54.75 | 449 | 21.59 | 19.84–23.42 |
Yes | 1719 | 45.25 | 364 | 21.20 | 19.27–23.18 |
Paternal chronic condition | |||||
No | 2315 | 67.57 | 485 | 20.96 | 19.31–22.67 |
Yes | 1111 | 32.43 | 249 | 22.43 | 19.99–24.98 |
Number of household members | |||||
2 | 136 | 3.58 | 27 | 19.85 | 13.51–27.55 |
3 | 1068 | 28.11 | 253 | 23.69 | 21.17–26.36 |
4 | 1257 | 33.09 | 263 | 20.92 | 18.70–23.28 |
5 or more | 1338 | 35.22 | 270 | 20.21 | 18.06–22.43 |