Current Attitudes or Use of Antibiotics Without Prescription by Exposure to an Appropriate Antibiotic Use Message
| Exposure | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Attitude or Use | Yes | No | PValue |
| Believe that antibiotics should be available without a prescription, % | |||
| Charleston and Greenville 2008 | |||
| Yes | 40.3 | 44.3 | .40 |
| No | 59.7 | 55.7 | |
| Charleston 2008 | |||
| Yes | 45.6 | 53.5 | .26 |
| No | 54.4 | 46.5 | |
| Greenville 2008 | |||
| Yes | 34.7 | 37.5 | .66 |
| No | 65.3 | 62.5 | |
| Bought antibiotics in the United States without a prescription in past 12 mo, % | |||
| Charleston and Greenville 2008 | |||
| Yes | 16.4 | 13.8 | .45 |
| No | 83.6 | 86.2 | |
| Charleston 2008 | |||
| Yes | 19.0 | 18.3 | .90 |
| No | 81.0 | 81.7 | |
| Greenville 2008 | |||
| Yes | 13.6 | 10.4 | .46 |
| No | 86.4 | 89.6 | |
| Likelihood of importation of antibiotics obtained without a prescription, % | |||
| Charleston and Greenville 2008 | |||
| Yes | 30.8 | 22.8 | .06 |
| No | 69.2 | 77.2 | |
| Charleston 2008 | |||
| Yes | 31.7 | 16.9 | .02 |
| No | 68.3 | 83.1 | |
| Greenville 2008 | |||
| Yes | 29.9 | 27.1 | .63 |
| No | 70.1 | 72.9 | |