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Table 4 Relationship between the profession and herbal medicine use status of the respondents

From: Herbal medicine use among urban residents in Lagos, Nigeria

Occupation

Herbal medicine use status

Total

 

Non users

Users

 

Professionals

19 (39.6%)

29 (60.4%)

48 (100.0%)

Skilled

7 (11.7%)

53 (88.3%)

60 (100.0%)

Students/Unemployed

67 (48.9%)

70 (51.1%)

137 (100.0%)

Unskilled

36 (25.2%)

107 (74.8%)

143 (100.0%)

Total

129 (33.2%)

259 (66.8%)

388 (100.0%)

  1. χ2 = 32.8, p = 0.000 (significant difference)