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Table 2 Demographic characteristics by healthcare services (n = 7,116)

From: Factors influencing use of conventional and traditional Korean medicine-based health services: a nationwide cross-sectional study

Characteristics

n (%)

p-valuea

Total

( n  = 7,116)

Hospital

( n  = 2,034)

Clinic

( n  = 4,475)

KM

( n  = 607)

Gender

    

< 0.0001

  Male

3,030 (42.6)

932 (45.8)

1,872 (41.8)

226 (37.2)

 

  Female

4,086 (57.4)

1,102 (54.2)

2,603 (58.2)

381 (62.8)

 

Age

    

< 0.0001

  ≤ 39

1,747 (24.5)

392 (19.3)

1,275 (28.5)

80 (13.2)

 

  40–49

1,101 (15.5)

270 (13.3)

727 (16.2)

104 (17.1)

 

  50–59

1,633 (22.9)

461 (22.7)

1,013 (22.6)

159 (26.2)

 

  60–69

1,381 (19.4)

472 (23.2)

754 (16.8)

155 (25.5)

 

  ≥ 70

1,254 (17.7)

439 (21.6)

706 (15.8)

109 (18.0)

 

Education completed

    

< 0.0001

  Elementary (≤ 6y)

1,034 (14.5)

337 (16.6)

626 (14.0)

71 (11.7)

 

  Middle-High (7-12y)

3,941 (55.4)

1,141 (56.1)

2,432 (54.3)

368 (60.6)

 

  University (≥ 12y)

2,141 (30.1)

556 (27.3)

1,417 (31.7)

168 (27.7)

 

Occupation b

    

< 0.0001

  Office workers

2,444 (34.4)

638 (31.4)

1,599 (35.8)

207 (34.1)

 

  Self-employed, Employer

1,322 (18.6)

392 (19.3)

804 (18.0)

126 (20.8)

 

  Housewives

1,904 (26.8)

533 (26.2)

1,176 (26.3)

195 (32.1)

 

  Students

503 (7.1)

96 (4.7)

399 (8.9)

8 (1.3)

 

  Unemployed

757 (10.7)

296 (14.6)

400 (9.0)

61 (10.0)

 

  Others

172 (2.4)

75 (3.7)

87 (1.9)

10 (1.6)

 

  Missing

14 (0.4)

4 (0.4)

10 (0.4)

0

 

Household income c

    

0.002

  Quartile 1

866 (12.2)

281 (13.8)

517 (11.6)

68 (11.2)

 

  Quartile 2

1,189 (16.7)

334 (16.4)

755 (16.9)

100 (16.5)

 

  Quartile 3

870 (12.2)

253 (12.4)

558 (12.5)

59 (9.7)

 

  Quartile 4

458 (6.4)

163 (8.0)

245 (5.5)

50 (8.2)

 

  Missing

3,733 (52.4)

1,003 (49.3)

2,400 (53.6)

330 (54.4)

 

Area of residence

    

0.276

  Urban

5,040 (70.8)

1,449 (71.2)

3,146 (70.3)

445 (73.3)

 

  Rural

2,076 (29.2)

585 (28.8)

1,329 (29.7)

162 (26.7)

 

Health insurance type d

    

< 0.0001

  NHI

6,916 (97.2)

1,940 (95.4)

4,378 (97.8)

598 (98.5)

 

  Medical aid

181 (2.5)

86 (4.2)

88 (2.0)

7 (1.2)

 

  Missing

19 (0.3)

8 (0.4)

9 (0.2)

2 (0.3)

 
  1. Abbreviations: KM Korean Medicine, NHI national health insurance
  2. aStatistical analysis: Chi-square test was used to compare categorical variable (p-value < 0.05)
  3. b 0.2% of data missing
  4. c 51.8% of data missing
  5. d 0.3% of data missing