Table 3 Demographic patterns of users of CAM practitioners in the NSA sample
Category | Number of respondents | Percent of NSA members in this category attending a complementary medical practitioner | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Percent | 95% confidence interval | |||
All NSA members | 1,432 | 8.8 | 7.3 | 10.4 |
Gender | ||||
Male | 641 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 5.4 |
Female | 780 | 12.1 | 9.8 | 14.5 |
Aged | ||||
50-59 years | 175 | 9.8 | 5.8 | 13.7 |
60-69 years | 581 | 10.1 | 7.4 | 12.8 |
70-79 years | 387 | 7.2 | 4.7 | 9.6 |
80 years or over | 216 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 5.0 |
Employment status | ||||
Employed full-time | 158 | 6.4 | 2.1 | 10.7 |
Employed part-time | 180 | 10.4 | 5.9 | 14.9 |
Retired | 957 | 8.7 | 7.1 | 10.3 |
Home duties | 71 | 7.7 | 1.0 | 14.3 |
Unemployed | 8 | 18.4 | −4.9 | 41.5 |
Other employment status | 37 | 4.7 | −1.8 | 11.2 |
Qualifications | ||||
No post-school qualifications | 578 | 6.3 | 4.2 | 8.4 |
Post school qualifications but no degree | 491 | 9.6 | 7.5 | 11.7 |
Degree or higher degree | 336 | 12.8 | 9.4 | 16.2 |
Socio-economic status (SES) of area of residence | ||||
First quintile (lowest SES) | 122 | 6.4 | 1.8 | 11.0 |
Second quintile | 194 | 8.8 | 4.9 | 12.7 |
Third quintile | 257 | 7.2 | 4.7 | 9.6 |
Fourth quintile | 362 | 8.1 | 5.1 | 11.2 |
Fifth quintile (highest SES) | 477 | 10.4 | 8.1 | 12.8 |
Note some groups do not add to 1,432 due to missing values | ||||
Region | ||||
Major Cities | 57.8 | 9.0 | 7.3 | 10.8 |
Inner Regional Areas | 27.7 | 9.3 | 6.2 | 12.4 |
Outer Regional Areas | 11.3 | 7.7 | 4.6 | 10.7 |
Remote Areas | 3.2 | 0.6 | −4.2 | 5.5 |
General health | ||||
Excellent | 8.8 | 9.6 | 5.8 | 13.4 |
Very good | 39.1 | 9.9 | 7.7 | 12.1 |
Good | 35.3 | 8.5 | 5.9 | 11.1 |
Fair | 14.0 | 5.2 | 2.3 | 8.1 |
Poor | 2.8 | 14.7 | 5.2 | 24.3 |
Number of chronic conditions | ||||
0 | 15.9 | 8.9 | 5.5 | 12.3 |
1 | 27.1 | 11.4 | 9.1 | 13.7 |
2 | 25.8 | 6.2 | 3.3 | 9.1 |
3 | 14.4 | 9.6 | 5.4 | 13.8 |
4 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 3.2 | 11.5 |
5 or more | 8.5 | 8.6 | 3.3 | 14.0 |