Table 2 The association between naturopathic and herbal medicine practitioner characteristics and aspects of regulation and funding
Practitioner characteristics | In favour of registration | In favour of combined government and private funding | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes (n = 88) | No (n = 19) | p-value | Yes (n = 74) | No (n = 33) | p-value | ||
Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Â | Â | Â | Â | ||
Years of experience | 2.8 (1.7) | 2.8 (1.7) | 0.239 | 2.8 (1.6) | 2.5 (1.8) | 0.353 | |
| Â | % | % | Â | % | % | Â | |
Age | 22-44 | 37.9 | 42.1 | 0.735 | 37.8 | 40.6 | 0.787 |
| Â | >44 | 62.1 | 57.9 | Â | 62.2 | 59.4 | Â |
Education | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Diploma | 41.9 | 25.0 | 0.348 | 42.9 | 50.0 | 0.813 | |
Under-graduate | 38.7 | 25.0 | Â | 35.7 | 27.8 | Â | |
Post-graduate | 19.4 | 50.0 | Â | 21.4 | 22.2 | Â | |