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Table 1 Population Basic Demographics

From: A cross-sectional assessment of knowledge, attitudes and self-perceived effectiveness of complementary and alternative medicine among pharmacy and non-pharmacy university students

Characteristics

Pharmacy

n = 437

Non-pharmacy

n = 500

p-value

Age

 Mean ± SD

20.55 ± 1.95

20.27 ± 1.76

0.006*

Gender

 Male

88 (20.1%)

163 (32.6%)

0.0005**

 Female

349 (79.9%)

337 (67.4%)

 

Marital Status

 Single

428 (97.9%)

482 (96.4%)

0.160

 Married

9 (2.1%)

18 (3.6%)

 

Area Of Residence

 Urban

399 (91.3%)

412 (82.4%)

0.0005**

 Rural

38 (8.7%)

88 (17.6%)

 

Current Status

 Day scholar

314 (71.9%)

403 (80.6%)

0.002*

 Boarder

123 (28.1%)

97 (19.4%)

 

Access To Family Physician

 Easy

342 (78.3%)

321 (64.2%)

0.0005**

 Difficult

95 (21.7%)

179 (35.8%)

 
  1. p-values: * 0.05–0.002, ** < 0.002