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Table 1 Demographics and General Information

From: Accessibility crisis of essential medicines at Sudanese primary healthcare facilities: a cross-sectional drugs’ dispensaries assessment and patients’ perspectives

 

N

N %

Mean (SD)

Locality

Omdurman

122

19.4%

 

Khartoum North

177

28.1%

 

Khartoum

331

52.5%

 

Gender

Female

439

69.7%

 

Male

191

30.3%

 

Age

  

43.7 (15)

Age group

<= 25

93

14.8%

 

26–44

229

36.3%

 

45–63

240

38.1%

 

64+

68

10.8%

 

Marital status

Single

130

20.6%

 

Married

439

69.7%

 

Divorced

25

4.0%

 

Widowed

36

5.7%

 

Educational level

Illiterate

78

12.4%

 

Primary

109

17.3%

 

Secondary

197

31.3%

 

University

205

32.5%

 

Higher Education

29

4.6%

 

Informal education ‘Khalwa’

12

1.9%

 

Occupational status

Non-occupied

377

59.8%

 

Occupied

253

40.2%

 

Do you have health insurance?

Yes

365

74.9%

 

No

122

25.1%

 

How much does your household spend monthly on regular expenses in SDGs?

  

207,198.4 (154,136.6)

What is the purpose of your dispensary visit?

Dispensing regular medications

207

32.9%

 

Dispensing a currently prescribed (acute illness) medicine

425

67.5%

 

Dispensing over the counter medications

26

4.1%