Table 1 Demographic and health characteristics of participants
From: Complementary and alternative medicine use among older Australian women - a qualitative analysis
| Â | Rural | Urban |
|---|---|---|
Characteristics | n = 13 | n = 12 |
| Â | n | n |
Marital Status | Â | Â |
   Married | 2 | 1 |
   Widowed | 8 | 10 |
   Divorced | 2 |  |
   Never Married | 1 | 1 |
Manage on Income | Â | Â |
   No difficulty | 11 | 11 |
   Some difficulty | 2 | 1 |
Education* | Â | Â |
   Lower | 4 | 4 |
   Middle | 4 | 3 |
   Higher | 3 | 6 |
Health | Â | Â |
   Very Good | 1 | 4 |
   Good | 6 | 7 |
   Fair | 6 | 1 |
Chronic conditions | Â | Â |
   Arthritis | 1 | 3 |
   Osteoporosis | 3 | 4 |
   Macular Degeneration | 4 | 4 |
   Glaucoma | 3 | 1 |
   Cataract | 3 | 6 |
   Heart Disease | 3 | 2 |
   Hypertension | 8 | 7 |
   Skin Cancer | 4 | 4 |