Assessment of knowledge, cultural beliefs, and behavior regarding medication safety among residents in Harbin, China

Table 2 The knowledge, cultural beliefs, and behavior scores of medication risk according to demographic characteristics

Variable	Number	Knowledge			Cultural beliefs			Behavior
		Scores	t/F value	P value	Scores	t/F value	P value	Scores	t/F value	P value
Gender
Male	116	57.38 ± 17.26	-1.349	0.178	41.74 ± 9.35	1.262	0.208	60.19 ± 11.10	-0.73	0.466
Female	278	60.26 ± 20.10			40.47 ± 9.00			61.29 ± 14.64
Age (yr)
19-34	135	54.52 ± 22.70	8.047	< 0.001	40.81 ± 9.71	0.03	0.993	62.47 ± 15.95	2.644	0.049
35-49	158	58.97 ± 16.45			40.89 ± 9.14			59.69 ± 11.96
50-64	67	66.24 ± 18.03			40.64 ± 9.02			58.84 ± 12.94
Over 65	34	67.41 ± 12.68			41.21 ± 6.79			65.18 ± 11.80
Salary (RMB)
< 1000	19	54.95 ± 11.91	2.606	0.035	42.53 ± 8.93	0.776	0.542	63.47 ± 10.41	0.654	0.624
1000-2000	50	64.12 ± 22.38			42.22 ± 9.11			60.94 ± 13.61
2000-4000	158	61.63 ± 20.31			40.68 ± 9.32			61.71 ± 14.67
4000-6000	93	56.94 ± 18.78			40.99 ± 9.38			60.77 ± 15.10
> 6000	74	55.74 ± 16.01			39.66 ± 8.38			59.01 ± 10.06
Medical insurance
Social basic	309	58.54 ± 18.74	2.021	0.091	40.34 ± 9.08	3.544	0.007	60.58 ± 13.54	0.996	0.409
Commercial	14	66.86 ± 14.60			43.29 ± 7.43			62.14 ± 10.90
Self-funded	23	56.87 ± 13.67			44.30 ± 8.86			66.13 ± 13.89
Free	16	58.38 ± 15.49			36.44 ± 6.68			59.06 ± 9.13
Others	32	66.94 ± 28.50			44.38 ± 9.83			61.50 ± 17.40
Education level
Postgraduates	22	48.00 ± 18.84	11.661	< 0.001	36.82 ± 9.61	3.804	0.002	56.64 ± 9.33	2.628	0.024
Undergraduates	141	53.35 ± 13.39			39.19 ± 9.39			59.20 ± 11.32
College students	125	60.82 ± 19.13			41.30 ± 8.76			61.78 ± 16.32
Secondary or senior high	62	64.31 ± 18.70			42.89 ± 9.33			61.02 ± 13.69
Junior high school	41	74.56 ± 26.50			43.68 ± 7.04			65.95 ± 13.23
Primary school	3	61.00 ± 12.77			48.33 ± 1.53			73.33 ± 2.31
Working status
On-the-job	285	56.58 ± 19.07	12.137	< 0.001	40.45 ± 9.43	3.072	0.047	59.86 ± 13.59	5.027	0.007
Retired	63	65.35 ± 14.05			40.35 ± 7.89			61.90 ± 13.09
Unemployed	46	68.83 ± 22.47			43.96 ± 8.20			66.57 ± 13.92
Occupation
Enterprise workers	58	60.86 ± 16.57	2.025	0.043	59.41 ± 19.33	2.038	0.041	60.45 ± 11.54	1.242	0.273
Company employees	76	56.25 ± 17.60			41.67 ± 10.58			61.41 ± 13.23
Cadres	25	60.52 ± 16.95			41.53 ± 8.07			58.84 ± 9.86
Medical institution	98	55.01 ± 18.81			39.20 ± 7.83			58.27 ± 12.49
Teachers	8	61.50 ± 18.68			38.52 ± 9.58			60.88 ± 6.69
Enterprise management	15	68.93 ± 23.21			37.75 ± 7.78			63.87 ± 24.99
Freelanced	47	64.57 ± 21.90			39.40 ± 8.98			64.00 ± 10.95
Students	11	64.55 ± 30.39			41.98 ± 7.55			66.64 ± 25.47
Others	56	60.86 ± 16.57			40.64 ± 12.67			62.18 ± 15.12