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Table 5 Socio demographic characteristics of male users and nonusers of CAM

From: Gender differences in prevalence and associations for use of CAM in a large population study

 

CAM 11

CAM22

CAM33

 

Non-users

Users

Non-users

Users

Non-users

Users

 

% (n)

% (n)

p-value*

% (n)

% (n)

p-value*

% (n)

% (n)

p-value*

Age

  

0.154

  

0.202

  

0.001

30-39

95.3 (181)

4.7 (9)

 

90 (171)

10 (19)

 

80.5 (153)

19.5 (37)

 

40-59

96 (2365)

4 (98)

 

84.8 (2272)

8.8 (220)

 

77.9 (1953)

22.1 (555)

 

60+

96.9 (2370)

3.1 (75)

 

92.4 (2295)

7.6 (189)

 

73.6 (1862)

26.4 (667)

 

Education

  

0.416

  

0.255

  

0.245

Primary/Secondary

96.6 (2864)

3.4 (101)

 

91.3 (2755)

8.7 (261)

 

75.4 (2300)

24.6 (751)

 

College/University education

96.2 (2004)

3.8 (80)

 

92.2 (1937)

7.8 (163)

 

76.8 (1631)

23.2 (493)

 

Self-reported health

  

0.008

  

0.000

  

0.000

Bad

93.2 (204)

6.8 (15)

 

80.7 (184)

19.3 (44)

 

63.4 (147)

36.6 (85)

 

Neither good nor bad

95.9 (1322)

4.1 (57)

 

90 (1267)

10 (140)

 

72.1 (1032)

27.9 (400)

 

Good

96.8 (3361)

3.2 (110)

 

93.1 (3262)

6.9 (240)

 

78.4 (2769)

21.6 (763)

 

Marital status

  

0.240

  

0.074

  

0.023

Single

95.6 (950)

4.4 (44)

 

89.8 (907)

10.2 (103)

 

76.7 (779)

23.3 (236)

 

Married/Registrated partner

96.5 (3199)

3.5 (117)

 

92 (3088)

8 (268)

 

76.2 (2587)

23.8 (810)

 

Widower

97.6 (143)

2.1 (3)

 

93.9 (139)

6.1 (9)

 

65.6 (101)

34.4 (53)

 

Divorced/Separated

97.2 (624)

2.8 (18)

 

92.6 (604)

7.4 (48)

 

75.8 (501)

24.2 (160)

 

Household income

  

0.484

  

0.135

  

0.000

Low’

96.2 (835)

3.8 (33)

 

91.5 (809)

8.5 (75)

 

71.1 (642)

28.9 (261)

 

Middel

96 (1539)

4 (64)

 

90.9 (1472)

9.1 (148)

 

74.2 (1219)

25.8 (423)

 

High

96.7 (2375)

3.3 (81)

 

92.6 (2297)

7.4 (184)

 

78.9 (1969)

21.1 (528)

 
  1. 1CAM 1 = Use of a CAM provider minimum 4 times last year.
  2. 2CAM 2 = Use of a CAM provider last year.
  3. 3CAM 3 = Use of a CAM provider, CAM OTC products or CAM technuiques last year.
  4. *Pearson Chi-Square test.