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Table 1 Socio-demographic information of study participants

From: Barriers and facilitators to adherence to national drug policies on antibiotic prescribing and dispensing in Bangladesh

Categories

Stakeholder (n = 9)

Key informant (n = 12)

Drug shop

Household/customer

Co-design workshop (n = 35)

In-depth interview (n = 12)

Co-design workshop (n = 30)

In-depth interview (n = 12)

Urban (n = 22)

Rural (n = 13)

Urban (n = 6)

Rural (n = 6)

Urban (n = 15)

Rural (n = 15)

Urban (n = 6)

Rural (n = 6)

Gender

 Male

7

8

21

13

6

6

15

15

3

3

 Female

2

4

1

0

0

0

0

0

3

3

Age

 20–30

–

 

3

1

3

2

7

2

2

3

 31–40

1

6

9

2

2

2

5

1

3

2

 41–50

7

5

9

4

1

1

2

1

1

1

 51–60

1

1

0

6

0

1

1

4

0

0

 More than 61 years

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

7

0

0

Education

 No education

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

 Grade 1–10

0

0

10

9

1

2

2

4

4

0

 Secondary

0

0

8

4

3

1

5

3

1

2

 University/diploma

9

12

4

0

2

3

8

7

1

4

 MBBS

0

4

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Organization

 Government

4

0

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

 Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)

1

3

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

 Pharmaceuticals company

2

1

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

 Bangladesh druggist and chemist sanity

1

0

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

 Drug shop

1

0

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

 Model pharmacy

0

1

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

 Consultancy firm (visual media)

0

2

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

 Research staff

0

5

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Training

 No training

–

–

9

3

2

0

–

–

–

–

 Paramedic course (4 years)

–

–

1

4

0

2

–

–

–

–

 RMP (rural medical practitioner)/LMAF course

–

–

7

4

4

5

–

–

–

–

 Pharmacy course

–

–

5

2

0

0

–

–

–

–

 Model pharmacy training

–

–

0

0

0

0

–

–

–

–

 Dentist

–

–

1

0

0

0

–

–

–

–

Doctor visit drug shops

 Doctor visits

–

–

4

3

1

0

–

–

–

–

 Doctor not visits

–

–

17

0

0

0

–

–

–

–

 Drug shop respondent type

 Drug shop owners (also operate)

–

–

20

12

3

6

–

–

–

–

 Drug shop operators

–

–

1

1

3

0

–

–

–

–

Experience (years)

 0–10

–

–

–

–

5

4

–

–

–

–

 11–20

–

–

–

–

1

1

–

–

–

–

 21–30

–

–

–

–

0

1

–

–

–

–

Having license

 License

-

-

15

6

5

2

–

–

–

–

 No license

-

-

7

7

1

4

–

–

–

–

Household income (monthly) < 15,945 Taka (USD ~ 192)

 Decision-maker/caregiver of the household

–

–

–

–

–

–

6

5

3

3

 Households with child < 5 years old

–

–

–

–

–

–

2

2

2

3

 Households with older family member > 65 years old

–

–

–

–

–

–

3

4

4

3

Household income (monthly) > 15,945 Taka (USD ~ 192)

 Decision-maker of the household

–

–

–

–

–

–

9

10

3

3

 Households with child < 5 years old

–

–

–

–

–

–

6

6

1

1

 Households with older family member > 65 years old

–

–

–

–

–

–

6

5

2

1