Table 3

Prescribed or self-medication use among adult and child participants, by sex and age

			Prescribed medication		Self-medication		Both
			n	%	n	%	n	%
Total			333	20.3	158	9.6	55	3.4
Adults (18<=)	Total		277	26.1	108	10.2	55	5.2
	Sex	Male	175	24.6*	76	10.7	25	3.5
	Sex	Female	102	29.0*	32	9.1	30	8.5
	Age	18–29	76	16.2†	42	9.0*	9	1.9
		30–39	71	22.3†	48	15.1*	21	6.6
		40–49	58	36.7†	12	7.6*	12	7.6
		50–59	41	52.6†	5	6.4*	10	12.8
		≥60	31	75.6†	1	2.4*	3	7.3
Children (<18)	Total		56	9.7	50	8.7	1	0.1
	Sex	Boys	26	8.3	20	6.4	1	0.3
	Sex	Girls	30	11.3	30	11.3	0	0
	Age	0–4	29	17.0	27	15.8	1	0.6
		5–9	14	8.2	7	4.1	0	0
		10–13	6	5.2	6	5.2	0	0
		14–17	7	5.7	10	8.2	0	0

*Difference is significant at the 0.01 level.
†Difference is significant at the 0.001 level.