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Table 4 Socio demographic characteristics of female users and nonusers of CAM

From: Gender differences in prevalence and associations for use of CAM in a large population study

 

CAM 11

CAM 22

CAM33

 

Non-users

Users

Non-users

Users

Non-users

Users

 

% (n)

% (n)

p-value*

% (n)

% (n)

p-value*

% (n)

% (n)

p-value*

Age

  

0.000

  

0.000

  

0.000

30-39

90 (234)

10 (26)

 

78.2 (205)

21.8 (57)

 

60.7 (162)

39.3 (105)

 

40-59

92.4 (2534)

7.6 (207)

 

80.8 (2262)

19.2 (536)

 

54.9 (1576)

45.1 (1297)

 

60+

95.3 (2423)

4.7 (120)

 

84.8 (2248)

15.2 (402)

 

60.9 (1668)

39.1 (1069)

 

Education

  

0.001

  

0.434

  

0.000

Primary/Secondary

94.5 (3140)

5.5 (183)

 

82.9 (2858)

17.1 (591)

 

59.7 (2124)

40.3 (1432)

 

College/University education

92.3 (1999)

7.7 (167)

 

82.1 (1806)

17.9 (395)

 

54.9 (1238)

45.1 (1017)

 

Self-reported health

  

0.012

  

0.000

  

0.000

Bad

90.2 (266)

9.8 (29)

 

67.8 (215)

32.2 (102)

 

42.8 (145)

57.2 (194)

 

Neither good nor bad

92.9 (1413)

7.1 (108)

 

78.9 (1244)

21.1 (333)

 

53.4 (870)

46.6 (759)

 

Good

94.2 (3478)

5.8 (216)

 

85.4 (3226)

14.6 (551)

 

61.2 (2367)

38.8 (1499)

 

Marital status

  

0.172

  

0.084

  

0.006

Single

92.3 (902)

7.7 (75)

 

81.2 (808)

18.8 (187)

 

57.9 (588)

42.1 (427)

 

Married/Registrated partner

94 (2877)

6 (184)

 

83.5 (2613)

16.5 (516)

 

57.9 (1866)

42.1 (1356)

 

Widow

94.7 (587)

5.3 (33)

 

83.3 (550)

16.7 (110)

 

63.1 (435)

36.9 (254)

 

Divorced/Separated

93.1 (825)

6.9 (61)

 

80.3 (744)

19.7 (182)

 

54.4 (517)

45.6 (434)

 

Household

  

0.711

  

0.510

  

0.101

Low

94 (1264)

6 (80)

 

82.7 (1161)

17.3 (243)

 

59.3 (861)

40.7 (590)

 

Middel

93.5 (1541)

6.5 (108)

 

81.7 (1383)

18.3 (310)

 

55.7 (963)

44.3 (766)

 

High

93.6 (1959)

6.6 (139)

 

83.1 (1771)

16.9 (360)

 

58.1 (1266)

41.9 (913)

 
  1. 1CAM 1 = Use of a CAM provider minimum 4 times last year.
  2. 2CAM 2 = Use of a CAM provider last year.
  3. 3CAM 3 = Use of a CAM provider, CAM OTC products or CAM.
  4. Techniques last year.
  5. *Pearson Chi-Square test.