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These factors may interact with sociodemographic contexts, as larger households or those with children could increase opportunities for pathogen transmission and informal antibiotic sharing.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objectives<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We aimed to determine if antibiotic use, or related beliefs and behaviours, were associated with household status (with\/without children) or size (single, two persons, 3\u20134 persons, more than four persons).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This was a pre-registered, cross-sectional survey of 1000 adults representative of the general population in Poland. The questions addressed (1) antibiotic use\/behaviours; (2) opinions on antibiotics and (3) opinions on AMR.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Household size or the presence of children were unrelated to the antibiotic use. However, the presence of children in the household was associated with a tendency to acquire antibiotics from informal sources (family\/friends), interrupt the antibiotic course when symptoms improved and self-test for infections. Living with children was linked to better knowledge of antibiotic effectiveness but limited concern about the effects of AMR. Middle-sized and big households were less likely than smaller households to acquire antibiotics informally but more likely to believe antibiotics accelerate recovery from respiratory tract infections.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Cohabitation with children and household size are associated with specific, often contrary, antibiotic-related beliefs and behaviours, but not with antibiotic use. Further qualitative research is required to investigate the underlying reasons for these links. 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