Table 6.

Logistic regression results to examine predictors of TCAM use and TCAM + Conventional Treatment Use

		Regression Coefficient	p-value	95% Confidence Interval
Predictors of Overall TCAM Use
Age		−0.00	0.90	−0.03, 0.03
Gender (Female)		0.65	0.11	−0.16, 1.46
Marital Status	Married	−0.51	0.57	−2.28, 1.26
	Divorced	−0.10	0.92	−2.02, 1.81
	Widowed	−0.67	0.52	−2.72, 1.38
Education (Completed)	Primary School	0.48	0.27	−0.36, 1.32
	Secondary School	1.12	0.10	−0.12, 2.36
	College	1.01	0.29	−0.87, 2.88
Residence (Village)		0.28	0.59	−0.74, 1.31
Water Availability in Home (None)		−0.12	0.83	−1.19, 0.95
Electricity Availability in Home (None)		0.20	0.75	−1.05, 1.46
Ethnicity	Chewa	−0.45	0.54	−1.88, 0.98
	Lomwe	1.18	0.33	−1.22, 3.58
	Yao	0.29	0.78	−1.71, 2.29
	Ngoni	0.31	0.73	−1.41, 2.02
	Tumbuka	−0.01	1.00	−1.84, 1.82
Predictors of TCAM + Conventional Medicine Use
Age		−0.00	0.76	−0.03, 0.02
Gender (Female)		0.74	0.02*	0.12, 1.36
Marital Status	Married	−0.26	0.65	−1.39, 0.86
	Divorced	0.43	0.49	−0.80, 1.67
	Widowed	0.10	0.89	−1.29, 1.49
Education (Completed)	Primary School	0.15	0.67	−0.53, 0.83
	Secondary School	0.67	0.14	−0.22, 1.55
	College	0.60	0.93	−0.70, 1.89
Residence (Village)		−0.5	0.89	−1.23, 0.20
Water Availability in Home (None)		0.18	0.63	−0.56, 0.92
Electricity Availability in Home (None)		0.09	0.84	−0.80, 0.99
Ethnicity	Chewa	−0.81	0.15	−1.93, 0.30
	Lomwe	0.16	0.83	−1.30, 1.62
	Yao	−0.79	0.27	−2.19, 0.62
	Ngoni	−0.46	0.47	−1.71, 0.79
	Tumbuka	−0.95	0.16	−2.27, 0.37

TCAM = Traditional, Complementary, and Alternative Medicine

^*Statistically significant