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Table 1 Basic characteristics of the respondents

From: Safety and use of complementary and alternative medicine in Norway during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic using an adapted version of the I-CAM-Q; a cross-sectional survey

 

Total

Women

Men

%

(n = 1008)

%

(n = 487)

%

(n = 521)

p-value

Gender

 Men

51.7

(521)

     

 Women

48.3

(487)

     

Age

 Mean age (years) (SD)

46.4 (SD18.678) (1008)

48.0 (SD18.959) (487)

44.9 (SD18.305) (521)

0.009b

 18-24 years

15.9

(160)

14.8

(72)

16.9

(88)

0.059a

 25-39 years

25.1

(253)

22.0

(107)

28.0

(146)

 

 40-59

32.7

(330)

34.4

(168)

31.1

(162)

 

  ≥ 60 years

26.3

(265)

28.7

(140)

24.0

(125)

 

Household incomec

0.017a

 Low

10.5

(106)

11.5

(56)

9.6

(50)

 

 Middle

26.8

(270)

25.5

(124)

28.0

(146)

 

 High

41.7

(420)

38.4

(187)

44.7

(233)

 

 Did not want to answer

6.2

(62)

6.2

(30)

6.1

(32)

 

 Did not know

14.9

(150)

18.5

(90)

11.5

(60)

 

Years of Education

0.002a

 Primary school

11.0

(111)

11.1

(54)

10.9

(57)

 

 Secondary school

35.5

(358)

30.2

(147)

40.5

(211)

 

 College/university

53.5

(539)

58.7

(286)

48.6

(253)

 

Region of residence

0.929a

 South-East

50.7

(511)

51.1

(249)

50.3

(262)

 

 South

5.7

(57)

5.3

(26)

6.0

(31)

 

 West

25.3

(255)

26.1

(127)

24.6

(128)

 

 Central (Trøndelag)

8.7

(88)

8.4

(41)

9.0

(47)

 

 North

9.6

(97)

9.0

(44)

10.2

(53)

 
  1. aPearson chi-square test; bIndependent samples t-test; cLow (<NOK400,000/EUR 40,000), middle (NOK 400,000-799,000/EUR40,000-79,900), and high (≥ NOK 800,000/EUR 80,000)
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