Table 1 Comparison of socio-demographic characteristics among herb users and non-herb-users
Socio-demographic characteristics | Total | Herb users | Non-herb-users | Â |
|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 1592) | (n = 708) | (n = 884) |  | |
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | p-value* | |
Age | Â | Â | Â | 0.51 |
 21–30 | 301 (18.9) | 127 (17.9) | 174 (19.7) |  |
 31–40 | 308 (19.4) | 150 (21.2) | 158 (17.9) |  |
 41–50 | 291 (18.3) | 123 (17.4) | 168 (19.0) |  |
 51–60 | 390 (24.5) | 180 (25.4) | 210 (23.7) |  |
 61–70 | 218 (13.7) | 95 (13.4) | 123 (13.9) |  |
 >  70 | 84 (5.2) | 33 (4.7) | 51 (5.8) |  |
Gender | Â | Â | Â | 0.004 |
 Male | 359 (22.4) | 134 (18.9) | 220 (24.9) |  |
 Female | 1243 (77.6) | 574 (81.1) | 664 (75.1) |  |
Marital Status | Â | Â | Â | 0.42 |
 Never married | 130 (8.1) | 52 (7.3) | 76 (8.6) |  |
 Currently married | 1238 (77.3) | 559 (78.9) | 674 (76.2) |  |
 Divorced/separated | 234 (14.6) | 97 (13.7) | 134 (15.2) |  |
Education | Â | Â | Â | 0.001 |
 No schooling | 492 (30.7) | 232 (32.7) | 258 (29.2) |  |
 Primary school | 892 (55.7) | 405 (57.2) | 481 (54.4) |  |
 Secondary school | 162 (10.1) | 60 (8.5) | 101 (11.4) |  |
 University or higher | 56 (3.5) | 11 (1.6) | 44 (5.0) |  |
Location | Â | Â | Â | 0.67 |
 Urban | 585 (36.5) | 264 (37.3) | 321 (36.3) |  |
 Rural | 1017 (63.5) | 444 (62.7) | 563 (63.7) |  |
Occupation |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
 Homemaker | 766 (55.1) | 367 (60.3) | 399 (51.2) |  |
 Unemployed | 15 (1.1) | 2 (0.7) | 13 (1.7) |  |
 Retired/disabled | 43 (3.1) | 18 (3.0) | 25 (3.2) |  |
 Student | 54 (3.9) | 11 (1.8) | 43 (5.5) |  |
 Self-employed | 421 (30.3) | 171 (28.1) | 250 (32.0) |  |
 Employed | 90 (6.5) | 40 (6.5) | 50 (6.4) |  |
Religion | Â | Â | Â | 0.99 |
 Buddhist | 1550 (96.8) | 685 (96.8) | 855 (96.7) |  |
 Muslim | 34 (2.1) | 15 (2.1) | 19 (2.2) |  |
 Christian | 18 (1.1) | 8 (1.1) | 10 (1.4) |  |
Medical conditions | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Respiratory conditions | 223 (14.2) | 101 (6.4) | 102 (6.5) | 0.81 |
 Cardiac conditions | 285 (18.2) | 133(8.5) | 152(9.7) | 0.44 |
 Neurological conditions | 220 (13.8) | 95(6.0) | 125(7.9) | 0.68 |
 Musculoskeletal conditions | 173 (11.0) | 86 (12.3) | 85 (9.8) | 0.11 |
 Gastrointestinal | 1149 (71.9) | 562 (79.4) | 580 (65.8) | < 0.001 |
 Hypertension | 403 (25.2) | 156 (22.3) | 244 (27.8) | 0.01 |
 Diabetes | 184 (11.5) | 86 (12.2) | 97 (11.0) | 0.48 |
 Psychiatric | 74 (4.7) | 32 (4.6) | 42 (4.9) | 0.79 |