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Table 3 Associations with the prevalence of TCAM practitioner usage for total sample and by gender

From: The impact of uncertainty in society on the use of traditional, complementary and alternative medicine: a comparative study on visits to alternative/traditional/folk health care practitioners

 

Prevalence of TCAM practitioner usage

Prevalence of TCAM practitioner usage for men

Prevalence of TCAM practitioner usage for women

Gini index

Unemployment rate

Ageing rate

GDP per capita

Prevalence of TCAM practitioner usage for total sample

1.000

0.963

0.977

0.314

−0.549

− 0.373

0.165

 

(< 0.001)

(< 0.001)

(0.085)

(0.001)

(0.039)

(0.374)

Prevalence of TCAM practitioner usage for men

 

1.000

0.901

0.400

−0.435

−0.420

0.011

  

(< 0.001)

(0.026)

(0.015)

(0.019)

(0.954)

Prevalence of TCAM practitioner usage for women

  

1.000

0.237

−0.610

− 0.299

0.269

   

(0.199)

(< 0.001)

(0.102)

(0.143)

Gini index

   

1.000

0.159

−0.417

−0.557

    

(0.394)

(0.020)

(0.001)

Unemployment rate

    

1.000

0.211

−0.422

     

(0.254)

(0.018)

Ageing rate

     

1.000

0.376

      

(0.037)

GDP per capita

      

1.000

  1. Values in parentheses represent P-values