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. 2023 Jan 3;12:3. [Version 1] doi: 10.12688/f1000research.129045.1

Table 1. Sociodemographic characteristic of respondents.

Sociodemographic factors Total respondents (N=541) Supplement consumer Non-supplement consumer X 2 p
Age 14.686 0.005
18-25 338 (62.48%) 245 (72.49%) 93 (27.51%)
26-35 77 (14.23%) 65 (84.42%) 12 (15.58%)
36-45 61 (11.28%) 54 (88.52%) 7 (11.48%)
46-55 51 (9.43%) 45 (88.24%) 6 (11.76%)
>55% 14 (2.59%) 11 (78.57%) 3 (21.43%)
Sex 0.006 1
Male 213 (39.37%) 165 (77.46%) 48 (22.54%)
Female 328 (60.63%) 255 (77.74%) 73 (22.26%)
Location 0.466 0.501
Main Island 445 (82.26%) 348 (78.20%) 97 (21.80%)
Outside Main Island 96 (17.74%) 72 (75%) 24 (25%)
Education 11.203 0.004
High School graduate 240 (44.36%) 171 (71.25%) 69 (28.75%)
Diploma or Undergraduate 217 (40.11%) 176 (81.11%) 41 (18.89%)
Post graduate 84 (15.53%) 73 (86.90%) 11 (13.10%)
Work 12.712 0
Employed 190 (35.12%) 164 (86.32%) 26 (13.68%)
Unemployed 351 (64.88%) 256 (72.93%) 95 (27.07%)
Field of work/study 2.783 0.110
Health-related 339 (62.66%) 271 (79.94%) 68 (20.06%)
Non-health-related 202 (37.34%) 149 (73.76%) 53 (26.24%)
Confirmed COVID-19 6.741 0.009
Never 423 (78.19%) 318 (75.18%) 105 (24.82%)
Ever 118 (21.81%) 102 (86.44%) 16 (13.56%)
Marital status 12.703 0.000
Married 165 (30.11%) 144 (87.27%) 21 (12.73%)
Unmarried 376 (68.61%) 276 (73.40%) 100 (26.60%)
Economy status 8.971 0.011
Below Average 29 (5.29%) 16 (55.17%) 13 (44.83%)
Average 403 (73.54%) 314 (77.92%) 89 (22.08%)
Upper Average 109 (19.89%) 90 (82.57%) 19 (17.43%)

Notes: Boldface p-values indicate significant differences between groups using Chi-square or Fisher-Exact test