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Table 4 Determinants of prescribers’ perceived causes of increasing antibiotic resistance

From: Barriers to effective antimicrobial resistance management in Nigerian livestock: the role of veterinary practices and client expectations

Variables

Coef. (β)

Std Error

T

Sig.

95% C.I. Bound

Lower

Upper

(Constant)

11.746

2.796

4.201

0.00

6.241

17.251

Age in years

-0.665

0.334

-1.989

0.057

-1.324

-0.007

Gender

0.356

0.727

0.489

0.625

-1.076

1.788

Education

0.929*

0.487

1.908

0.007

0.029

1.887

Nature of Job

1.882*

0.648

2.903

0.004

0.158

0.605

Duration of practice

0.601

0.412

1.459

0.146

-0.21

1.412

Place of residence

-0.140

0.445

-0.315

0.753

-1.017

0.736

The number of times (in the last 6 months) clients complained that the antibiotics prescribed are not working

0.306

0.31

0.988

0.324

-0.304

0.916

Frequency of checking antibiogram before prescription

0.436

0.272

1.601

0.110

-0.1

0.973

  1. Dependent variable: Perceived drivers of growing antibiotic resistance in animal health-care system. Model: R square 0.628, Adjusted R square 0.594, Std Error of the estimate 5.8643, F 15.339, sig 0.000