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Table 1 Basic characteristics of participants

From: Prevalence and reasons for intentional use of complementary and alternative medicine as an adjunct to future visits to a medical doctor for chronic disease

 

MD

MD + CAM

p-value

 

%

n (1118)a

%

n (122)a

 

Gender

    

< 0.001

 Men

53.7

(600)

36.1

(44)

 

 Women

46.3

(518)

63.9

(78)

 

Age

    

0.034

 Less than 30 years of age

10.1

(113)

13.9

(17)

 

 30–44 years

20.5

(229)

23.0

(28)

 

 45–59 years

25.6

(286)

32.8

(40)

 

 60 years or more

43.8

(489)

30.3

(37)

 

Place of residence

    

0.908

 Rural

89.0

(995)

89.3

(109)

 

 City

11.0

(123)

10.7

(13)

 

Education

    

0.099

 Low to middle

43.0

(481)

50.8

(62)

 

 High (university)

57.0

(637)

49.2

(60)

 

Household income

    

0.642

 Low

35.1

(356)

31.5

(34)

 

 Middle

41.8

(423)

46.3

(50)

 

 High

23.1

(234)

22.2

(24)

 
  1. a Due to missing responses the numbers do not always add up to the total number