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Table 1 Demographics and occupation

From: Opinions on Kampo and reasons for using it – results from a cross-sectional survey in three Japanese clinics

Demographics

All

Kampo/CM

Integrative

Kampo

 

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

Total *

100.0 (354)

26.3 (93)

38.4 (136)

35.3 (125)

Sex

    

Female

68.4 (240)

72.0 (67)

60.0 (81)

74.8 (92)

Male

31.6 (111)

28.0 (26)

40.0 (54)

25.2 (31)

Age (years)

    

Mean ± SD

50.97 ± 15.60

57.46 ± 15.92

47.77 ± 14.71

49.62 ± 14.99

Range

5–88

14–88

5–83

22–77

Education (Graduate)

    

Junior High School

2.0 (7)

2.2 (2)

3.0 (4)

0.8 (1)

High School

26.7 (93)

39.1 (36)

29.9 (40)

13.9 (17)

Beyond High School ***

71.3 (248)

58.7 (54)

67.2 (90)

85.3 (104)

Marital Status

    

Single

24.7 (87)

24.7 (23)

14.8 (20)

35.5 (44)

Married

63.9 (225)

57.0 (53)

78.5 (106)

53.2 (66)

Divorced

4.5 (16)

6.5 (6)

3.7 (5)

4.0 (5)

Widowed

6.8 (24)

11.8 (11)

3.0 (4)

7.3 (9)

Occupational Situation

    

Employed

47.1 (160)

34.1 (31)

56.8 (75)

46.2 (54)

Unemployed (Registered)

2.4 (8)

1.1 (1)

3.8 (5)

1.7 (2)

Without Occupation ****

27.6 (94)

31.9 (29)

23.5 (31)

29.1 (34)

Retired

20.6 (70)

30.8 (28)

13.6 (18)

20.5 (24)

Attending School

2.1 (7)

1.1 (1)

2.3 (3)

2.6 (3)

Retired Plus Working

0.3 (1)

1.1 (1)

0.0 (0)

0.0 (0)

Type of Occupation **

    

For a Firm

54.7 (98)

46.7 (21)

61.3 (46)

52.5 (31)

For the Government

11.2 (20)

13.3 (6)

13.3 (10)

6.8 (4)

Teaching

8.4 (15)

8.9 (4)

9.3 (7)

6.8 (4)

Freelancer

8.4 (15)

11.1 (5)

4.0 (3)

11.9 (7)

Self-Employed

14.0 (25)

11.1 (5)

10.7 (8)

1.7 (12)

Entrepreneur

3.4 (6)

8.9 (4)

1.3 (1)

0.8 (1)

Type of Employment **

    

Regular

68.6 (116)

74.4 (29)

72.7 (56)

58.5 (31)

Part Time/Side Job (arubeito)

24.9 (42)

23.1 (9)

22.1 (17)

30.2 (16)

Interim Staffing

5.3 (9)

0.0 (0)

25.2 (4)

9.4 (5)

Freelance

0.6 (1)

2.6 (1)

0.0 (0)

0.0 (0)

Regular Plus Part Time

0.6 (1)

0.0 (0)

0.0 (0)

1.9 (1)

Professional Duties **

    

Management

23.3 (42)

20.9 (9)

28.0 (21)

19.4 (12)

General Office Work

43.3 (78)

51.2 (22)

38.7 (29)

43.5 (27)

Professional Job

23.3 (42)

16.3 (7)

29.3 (22)

21.0 (13)

Other

10.0 (18)

11.6 (5)

4.0 (3)

16.1 (10)

  1. Percent of valid answers, generally of clinic, * of study population, ** of respective group. *** Technical college, junior college/university, graduate school. **** E.g., household. CM (traditional) Chinese medicine.