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Table 1 Characteristics of the households included in the study (N = 38,859)

From: Exploring socioeconomic inequalities in the use of medicinal herbs among Iranian households: evidence from a national cross-sectional survey

Variables

n (%)

(N = 38,859)

Used Herbal Medicine n (%)

(N = 1829)

Did not use Herbal Medicine n (%)

(N = 37,030)

Demographic variables

 Sex of household head

  Male

33,752 (86.9)

1619 (4.8)

32,133 (95.2)

  Female

5107 (13.1)

210 (4.1)

4897 (95.9)

 Age of household head

  15–45

16,981 (43.7)

802 (4.7)

16,179 (95.3)

  46–65

14,731 (37.9)

715 (4.8)

14,016 (95.2)

  66 and above

7147 (18.4)

312 (4.4)

6835 (95.6)

Socioeconomic variables

 Education status of household head

  Illiterate

9335 (24.0)

353 (3.8)

8982 (96.2)

  Primary school

10,808 (27.8)

459 (4.3)

1349 (95.7)

  Secondary school

6965 (17.9)

325 (4.7)

6640 (95.3)

  High school

7705 (19.8)

420 (5.4)

7285 (94.6)

  Academic degree

4046 (10.4)

272 (6.7)

3774 (93.3)

 Wealth index of households

  Poorest

7730 (19.9)

211 (2.7)

7519 (97.3)

  Poor

7775 (20.0)

318 (4.1)

7457 (95.9)

  Middle

7779 (20.0)

371 (4.8)

7408 (95.2)

  Rich

7785 (20.0)

450 (5.8)

7335 (94.2)

  Richest

7790 (20.1)

479 (6.2)

7311 (93.8)

Ecological variables

 Geographical area

  Urban

20,313 (52.3)

1077 (5.3)

19,236 (94.7)

  Rural

18,546 (47.7)

752 (4.1)

17,794 (95.9)

 Province category based on HDI

  Low

14,050 (36.2)

407 (2.9)

13,643 (97.1)

  Middle

12,716 (32.7)

613 (4.8)

12,103 (95.2)

  High

12,093 (31.1)

809 (6.7)

11,284 (93.3)

  1. HDI is the human development index