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Table 3 Socioeconomic details of patient sample

From: Medicinal herb use among asthmatic patients attending a specialty care facility in Trinidad

Factors (n = 191)

No. (% of sample)

No. (%) using herbs

Residential district

  

Rural

27 (14.1)

6/27 (22.2)

Suburban

119 (62.3)*

36/119 (30.3)

Urban

42 (22.0)

15/42 (35.7)

No response

3 (1.6)

1/3 (33.3)

Highest educational level attained

  

No formal education

10 (5.2)

2/10 (20.0)

≤ 7 years of formal education

101 (52.9)

26/101 (25.7)

≤ 12 years of formal education

64 (33.5)

20/64 (31.3)

> 12 year of formal education

16 (8.4)

10/16 (62.5)*

Employment status

  

Unemployed

58 (30.4)

19/58 (32.8)

Technical

12 (6.3)

6/12 (50.0)

Professional

16 (8.4)

5/16 (31.3)

Clerical

13 (6.3)

6/13 (46.2)

Vocational

28 (12.6)

5/28 (17.9)

Student

8 (4.2)

4/8 (50.0)

Housewife

23 (12.0)

7/23 (30.4)

Pensioner

33 (17.3)

6/33 (18.2)

Annual income (US$)

  

≤ 3,999

82 (42.9)

22/82 (26.8)

4000 – 9,999

73 (38.2)

23/73 (31.5)

10,000 – 11,999

12 (6.3)

4/12 (33.3)

12,000 – 19,999

15 (7.9)

7/15 (46.7)

≥ 20,000

9 (4.7)

2/9 (22.2)