Table 5 Association of educational status and gender with practices of herbal medicine
Association of Demographic with Practice | Not sure | No | Yes | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
I take herbal medicines according to the instruction on the label | Educational Status | None | 2 (10.5) | 12 (63.2) | 5 (26.3) | 0.003 |
Primary School | 19 (30.2) | 25 (39.7) | 19 (30.2) | |||
Secondary School | 46 (30.9) | 41 (27.5) | 62 (41.6) | |||
College | 18 (31.0) | 13 (22.4) | 27 (46.6) | |||
University | 32 (26.7) | 25 (20.8) | 63 (52.5) | |||
| Â | Total | 117 | 116 | 176 | Â | |
I always look at the expiry date of herbal medicines before taking it | Gender | Male | 77 (29.4) | 73 (27.9) | 112 (42.7) | 0.050 |
Female | 55 (37.4) | 26 (17.7) | 66 (44.9) | |||
| Â | Total | 132 | 99 | 178 | Â | |