Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents
Total | CAM use in past 12 months (%) | No CAM use in past 12 months (%) | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | Weighted % | 95% CI | Weighted % | 95% CI | ||
Ethnicity | 0.0083 | |||||
Chinese | 1780 | 5.9 | 4.9–7.1 | 94.1 | 92.9–95.1 | |
Malay | 1986 | 8.1 | 6.9–9.6 | 91.9 | 90.5–93.1 | |
Indian | 1841 | 7.6 | 6.4–9.0 | 92.4 | 91.0–93.6 | |
Others | 510 | 8.5 | 6.2–11.7 | 91.5 | 88.3–93.8 | |
Age | < 0.001 | |||||
18–34 | 1704 | 9.2 | 7.5–11.2 | 90.8 | 88.8–92.5 | |
35–49 | 1496 | 7.8 | 6.1–10.0 | 92.2 | 90.0–93.9 | |
50–64 | 1623 | 3.9 | 2.8–5.5 | 96.1 | 94.5–97.2 | |
65+ | 1294 | 1.8 | 1.0–3.2 | 98.2 | 96.8–99.0 | |
Gender | 0.0013 | |||||
Male | 3064 | 4.9 | 3.9–6.2 | 95.1 | 93.8–96.1 | |
Female | 3053 | 7.8 | 6.6–9.3 | 92.2 | 90.7–93.4 | |
Marital status | < 0.001 | |||||
Married | 1541 | 4.8 | 3.9–6.0 | 95.2 | 96.1–94.0 | |
Never married | 3839 | 10.1 | 8.2–12.2 | 90.0 | 87.8–91.8 | |
Divorced/separated | 343 | 4.4 | 2.6–7.4 | 95.6 | 92.6–97.4 | |
Widowed | 394 | 4.1 | 1.9–8.7 | 95.9 | 91.3–98.1 | |
Education | < 0.001 | |||||
University | 1455 | 8.1 | 6.4–10.3 | 91.9 | 89.7–93.6 | |
Diploma | 1023 | 8.6 | 6.5–11.3 | 91.4 | 88.7–93.5 | |
Vocational/ITE | 508 | 6.7 | 4.4–10.1 | 93.3 | 89.9–95.6 | |
Pre-U/JC | 304 | 7.0 | 3.9–12.1 | 93.0 | 87.9–96.1 | |
Secondary | 1643 | 5.4 | 4.0–7.2 | 94.6 | 92.8–96.0 | |
Pri and below | 1184 | 1.8 | 1.0–3.3 | 98.2 | 96.7–99.0 | |
Employment | < 0.001 | |||||
Employed | 4053 | 6.7 | 5.7–7.9 | 93.3 | 92.1–94.3 | |
Economically inactive | 1714 | 3.8 | 2.7–5.3 | 96.2 | 94.7–97.3 | |
Unemployed | 349 | 13.7 | 8.9–20.4 | 86.4 | 79.6–91.1 | |
Monthly Household Income | 0.0572 | |||||
Below 2000 | 1142 | 4.7 | 3.2–6.8 | 95.3 | 93.3–96.8 | |
2000–3999 | 1331 | 7.6 | 5.7–10.1 | 92.4 | 89.9–94.3 | |
4000–5999 | 1112 | 5.2 | 3.7–7.3 | 94.8 | 92.7–96.3 | |
6000–9999 | 1002 | 8.5 | 6.4–11.2 | 91.5 | 88.8–93.7 | |
10,000 and above | 860 | 7.6 | 5.5–10.4 | 92.4 | 89.7–94.5 | |
Any mental disorder | ||||||
Yes | 844 | 17.0 | 13.7–21 | 83 | 79–86.3 | < 0.001 |
No | 5273 | 4.7 | 3.9–5.6 | 95.3 | 94.4–96.1 | |