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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents

From: Complementary and alternative medicine use among outpatients during the 2015 MERS outbreak in South Korea: a cross-sectional study

Characteristics

Total

n = 331 (%)

CAM users

n = 252 (%)

Non-users

n = 79 (%)

p-value

Gender

 Male

106 (32.0)

70 (27.8)

36 (45.6)

0.003

 Female

225 (68.0)

182 (72.2)

43 (54.4)

Age (years)

  ≤ 39

104 (31.4)

66 (26.2)

38 (48.1)

0.001

 40–49

93 (28.1)

72 (28.6)

21 (26.6)

  ≥ 50

134 (40.5),

114 (45.2)

20 (25.3)

Marital status

 Single

91 (27.5)

62 (24.6)

29 (36.7)

0.035

 Married

240 (72.5)

190 (75.4)

50 (63.3)

Level of education

 Up to secondary school

162 (48.9)

125 (49.6)

37 (46.8)

0.668

 Undergraduate or higher

169 (51.1)

127 (50.4)

42 (53.2)

Occupation

 Professional

77 (23.3)

65 (25.8)

12 (15.2)

0.001

 Office worker

80 (24.2)

48 (19.1)

32 (40.5)

 Self-employed

69 (20.8)

57 (22.6)

12 (15.2)

 Not employed

105 (31.7)

82 (32.5)

23 (29.1)

Monthly household income

 Low (under 1 M won)

71 (21.5)

53 (21.0)

18 (22.8)

0.348

 Middle (2 M ~ 4 M won)

123 (37.2)

99 (39.3)

24 (30.4)

 High (Over 4 M won)

137 (41.4)

100 (39.7)

37 (46.8)

Religion

 No

136 (41.1)

93 (36.9)

43 (54.4)

0.006

 Yes

195 (58.9)

159 (63.1)

36 (45.6)

Type of current illness

    

 Chronic disease

140 (42.3)

113 (44.8)

27 (34.2)

0.094

 Acute condition

191 (57.7)

139 (55.2)

52 (65.8)

Smoking status

 No

237 (71.6)

191 (75.8)

46 (58.2)

0.003

 Yes

94 (28.4)

61 (24.2)

33 (41.8)

Alcohol drinking

 No

88 (26.6)

74 (29.4)

14 (17.7)

0.041

 Yes

243 (73.4)

178 (70.6)

65 (82.3)

Prior CAM use

 No

150 (45.3)

78 (31.0)

72 (91.1)

< 0.001

 Yes

181 (54.7)

174 (69.0)

7(8.9)

  1. CAM Complementary and Alternative Medicine