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Table 4 Generalized linear model with the prevalence of TCAM practitioner usage controlled by GDP per capita (N = 31)

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

Overall

Model 1.1

Model 1.2

Model 1.3

Model 2

B

SE

P value

B

SE

P value

B

SE

P value

B

SE

P value

Intercept

1.890

0.635

0.006**

3.550

0.268

< 0.001***

3.717

0.306

< 0.001***

2.985

0.818

0.001**

Gini index

0.029

0.015

0.064

      

0.022

0.016

0.175

Unemployment rate

   

−0.041

0.018

0.031*

   

−0.044

0.019

0.027*

Aging rate

      

−0.059

0.021

0.009**

−0.031

0.025

0.221

Deviance

7.7

7.1

6.5

5.3

AIC

237.3

234.8

232.0

229.3

Men

 Intercept

1.723

0.645

0.012**

3.445

0.279

< 0.001***

3.665

0.317

< 0.001***

2.843

0.843

0.002**

 Gini index

0.032

0.015

0.050

      

0.024

0.016

0.157

 Unemployment rate

   

−0.038

0.019

0.054

   

−0.042

0.019

0.039*

 Aging rate

      

−0.061

0.022

0.009**

−0.033

0.026

0.207

  Deviance

7.8

7.6

6.7

5.4

  AIC

227.6

226.6

222.4

220.0

Women

 Intercept

1.999

0.642

0.004**

3.620

0.269

< 0.001***

3.759

0.307

< 0.001***

3.104

0.827

< 0.001***

 Gini index

0.028

0.015

0.079

      

0.021

0.016

0.211

 Unemployment rate

   

−0.043

0.018

0.025*

   

−0.045

0.019

0.026*

 Aging rate

      

−0.059

0.021

0.010*

−0.031

0.025

0.230

  Deviance

8.0

7.2

6.9

5.5

  AIC

245.3

242.0

240.1

237.6

  1. B Coefficient
  2. SE Standard error
  3. AIC Akaike’s Information Criterion
  4. ***: p < 0.001; **: p < 0.01; *: p < 0.05