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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population by country

From: Prevalence and factors associated with the use of alternative (folk) medicine practitioners in 8 countries of the former Soviet Union

Categories

Armenia

Belarus

Georgia

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Moldova

Russia

Ukraine

 

(N=1867)

(N=1770)

(N=1664)

(N=1741)

(N=1877)

(N=1816)

(N=3735)

(N=2171)

Age

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

18-39 years

39.5

38.1

34.2

50.0

54.8

36.2

38.6

33.0

40-64 years

41.4

42.2

48.1

39.1

34.5

45.8

43.4

43.1

≥65 years

19.1

19.7

17.7

11.0

10.7

18.1

18.1

23.9

Sex

        

Male

40.3

44.4

43.0

44.5

45.5

45.0

43.3

38.6

Education

        

High

25.8

19.5

40.0

25.9

26.8

19.4

25.7

24.6

Marital status

        

Married

69.2

62.3

68.5

67.6

71.6

70.9

62.9

62.4

Single

13.9

14.0

14.8

15.8

15.1

8.2

13.8

10.9

Divorced/widowed

17.0

23.8

16.7

16.7

13.3

20.9

23.3

26.7

Setting

        

Rural

38.9

30.7

41.9

47.4

59.8

58.0

27.2

32.0

Wealth

        

Low

46.8

9.7

37.9

11.1

18.9

25.6

13.2

29.3

Middle

50.0

68.7

53.4

65.0

65.5

63.7

62.0

58.4

High

3.3

21.6

8.7

23.8

15.6

10.7

24.8

12.3

Trust in doctors

        

Distrust

30.9

22.5

31.0

28.4

20.8

30.4

29.0

38.2

Distance to health facility

       

≥5 km

10.8

8.8

6.6

5.6

10.7

1.9

5.9

9.2