Table 3 Socio demographic characteristics with comparison between female and male users of CAM
From: Gender differences in prevalence and associations for use of CAM in a large population study
| Â | CAM 11 | CAM 22 | CAM 33 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Women | Men | Â | Women | Men | Â | Women | Men | Â |
| Â | % (n) | % (n) | p-value* | % (n) | % (n) | p-value* | % (n) | % (n) | p-value* |
Age | Â | Â | 0.195 | Â | Â | 0.318 | Â | Â | 0.000 |
30-39 | 7.4 (26) | 4.9 (9) | Â | 5.7 (57) | 4.4 (19) | Â | 4.2 (105) | 2.9 (37) | Â |
40-59 | 58.6 (207) | 53.8 (98) | Â | 53.9 (536) | 51.4 (220) | Â | 52.5 (1297) | 44.1 (555) | Â |
60+ | 34 (120) | 41.2 (75) | Â | 40.4 (402) | 44.2 (189) | Â | 43.3 (1069) | 53 (667) | Â |
Education | Â | Â | 0.441 | Â | Â | 0.569 | Â | Â | 0.268 |
Primary/Secondary | 52.3 (183) | 55.8 (101) | Â | 59.9 (591) | 61.6 (261) | Â | 58.5 (1432) | 60.4 (751) | Â |
College/University education | 47.7 (167) | 44.2 (80) | Â | 40.1 (395) | 38.4 (163) | Â | 41.5 (1017) | 39.6 (493) | Â |
Self-reported health | Â | Â | 0.984 | Â | Â | 0.962 | Â | Â | 0.439 |
Bad | 8.2 (29) | 8.2 (15) | Â | 10.3 (102) | 10.4 (44) | Â | 7.9 (194) | 6.8 (85) | Â |
Neither good nor bad | 30.6 (108) | 31.3 (57) | Â | 33.8 (333) | 33 (140) | Â | 31 (759) | 32.1 (400) | Â |
Good | 61.2 (216) | 60.4 (110) | Â | 55.9 (551) | 56.6 (240) | Â | 61.1 (1499) | 61.1 (763) | Â |
Marital status | Â | Â | 0.000 | Â | Â | 0.000 | Â | Â | 0.000 |
Single | 21.2 (75) | 24.2 (44) | Â | 18.8 (187) | 24.1 (103) | Â | 17.3 (427) | 18.7 (236) | Â |
Married/Registrated partner | 52.1 (184) | 64.3 (117) | Â | 51.9 (516) | 62.6 (268) | Â | 54.9 (1356) | 64.3 (810) | Â |
Widow/Widower | 9.3 (33) | 1.6 (3) | Â | 11.1 (110) | 2.1 (9) | Â | 10.3 (254) | 4.2 (53) | Â |
Divorced/Separated | 17.3 (61) | 9.9 (18) | Â | 18.3 (182) | 11.2 (48) | Â | 17.6 (343) | 12.7 (160) | Â |
Household income | . | Â | 0.331 | Â | Â | 0.005 | Â | Â | 0.012 |
Low | 24.5 (80) | 18.5 (33) | Â | 26.6 (243) | 18.4 (75) | Â | 26 (590) | 21.5 (261) | Â |
Middel | 33 (108) | 36 (64) | Â | 34 (310) | 36.4 (148) | Â | 33.8 (766) | 34.9 (423) | Â |
High | 42.5 (139) | 45.5 (81) | Â | 39.4 (360) | 45.2 (184) | Â | 40.2 (913) | 43.6 (528) | Â |