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Table 1 Socio demographic, healthcare utilisation, and self-health management characteristics of respondents

From: The utilisation of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) among ethnic minorities in South Korea

Variables

Total number of respondents, N (%)

CAM utilization status

P-value a

  

Non-CAM user n (%)

CAM user n (%)

 
 

292 (100.0)

111 (100.0)

181 (100.0)

 

Socio-demographic characteristics

Gender

   

0.042

  Male

63 (21.6)

46 (15.3)

46 (25.4)

 

  Female

229 (78.4)

94 (84.7)

135 (74.6)

 

Country of origin

   

0.695

  China

136 (46.6)

54 (48.6)

82 (45.3)

 

  Vietnam

65 (22.3)

26 (23.4)

39 (21.5)

 

  Philippines

22 (7.5)

6 (5.4)

16 (8.8)

 

  Japan

18 (6.2)

7 (6.3)

11 (6.1)

 

  Russia

14 (4.8)

8 (7.2)

6 (3.3)

 

  Other

37 (12.7)

10 (9)

27 (14.9)

 

Age

   

0.021

  ≤ 29

115 (39.4)

55 (49.5)

60 (33.1)

 

  30-39

108 (37.0)

34 (30.6)

74 (40.9)

 

  ≥ 40

69 (23.6)

24 (22.0)

47 (26.0)

 

Marital status

   

0.281

  Not married

79 (27.1)

34 (30.6)

45 (24.9)

 

  Married

213 (72.9)

77 (69.4)

136 (75.1)

 

Education level

   

0.842

  ≤ HS graduate

181 (62.0)

68 (61.3)

113 (62.4)

 

  ≥ College

111 (38.0)

43 (38.7)

68 (37.6)

 

Religionb

   

0.227

  No

116 (39.7)

49 (44.1)

67 (37.0)

 

  Yes

176 (60.3)

62 (55.9)

114 (63.0)

 

Employment status

   

<0.001

  Unemployed

157 (53.8)

74 (66.7)

83 (45.9)

 

  Employed

135 (46.2)

37 (33.3)

98 (54.1)

 

Monthly incomec

   

0.728

  ≤ 2 million KRW

215 (73.6)

83 (74.8)

132 (72.9)

 

  > 2 million KRW

77 (26.4)

28 (25.2)

49 (27.1)

 

Korean language ability

   

0.148

  Worse than average

182 (62.3)

75 (67.6)

107 (59.1)

 

  Better than average

110 (37.7)

36 (32.4)

74 (40.9)

 

Length of stay in Korea

   

<0.001

  ≤ 4 years

149 (51.0)

75 (67.6)

74 (40.9)

 

  5-9 years

92 (31.5)

21 (18.9)

71 (39.2)

 

  ≥ 10 years

51 (17.5)

15 (13.5)

36 (19.9)

 

Healthcare utilization and self health management characteristics

Have received healthcare service last year

  

0.011

  No

52 (17.8)

28 (25.2)

24 (13.3)

 

  Yes

240 (82.2)

83 (74.8)

157 (86.7)

 

Health insurance

   

0.571

  Uninsured

89 (30.5)

36 (32.4)

53 (29.3)

 

  Insured

203 (69.5)

75 (67.6)

128 (70.7)

 

Have regularly scheduled meals

   

0.824

  No

187 (64.0)

68 (61.3)

119 (65.7)

 

  Yes

105 (36.0)

43 (38.7)

62 (34.3)

 

Exercise regularly

   

0.315

  No

236 (80.8)

93 (83.8)

143 (79)

 

  Yes

56 (19.2)

18 (16.2)

38 (21)

 

Have interest in health maintenance

  

0.222

  No

163 (55.8)

67 (60.4)

96 (53.0)

 

  Yes

129 (44.2)

44 (39.6)

85 (47.0)

 

Perceived health status

   

0.974

  Worse (than others)

195 (66.8)

74 (66.7)

121 (66.9)

 

  Better (than others)

97 (33.2)

37 (33.3)

60 (33.1)

 
  1. aUnivariate logistic regression models were used to screen for possible predictors of CAM utilisation status.
  2. bParticipants were asked to select from pre-determined categories of religions or ‘none’ for no religion.
  3. cUsing exchange rates at the time of the study, two million Korean Won is equivalent to 1696 US dollars or 1370 Euros.
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