Table 6.
Prevalence of CAM use across variables of interest
| 1992-1993 | 1994-1995 | 2000-2001 | 2003-2004 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wave 1 | N = 180 | Wave 3 | N = 241 | Wave 6 | N = 71 | Wave 7 | N = 173 | |
| Variable | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % |
| Age (years) | ||||||||
| 65-79 | 122 | 10.0 | 152 | 17.0 | 27 | 12.5 | 17 | 36.2 |
| 80+ | 58 | 6.7 | 89 | 11.3 | 44 | 7.7 | 101 | 23.0 |
| P value | 0.009 | 0.001 | 0.034 | 0.044 | ||||
| Gender | ||||||||
| Female | 102 | 9.9 | 142 | 16.6 | 53 | 11.6 | 81 | 26.7 |
| Male | 78 | 7.4 | 99 | 12.0 | 18 | 5.4 | 37 | 20.1 |
| P value | 0.041 | 0.007 | 0.002 | 0.098 | ||||
|
Education (Age when left school) |
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| <14 years | 30 | 8.9 | 39 | 14.9 | 10 | 9.5 | 16 | 24.6 |
| ≥ 14 years | 149 | 8.6 | 200 | 14.3 | 61 | 8.9 | 102 | 24.3 |
| P value | 0.862 | 0.803 | 0.840 | 0.954 | ||||
| Tertiary education | ||||||||
| Yes | 63 | 9.0 | 92 | 16.1 | 27 | 9.7 | 56 | 31.6 |
| No | 116 | 8.5 | 149 | 13.6 | 44 | 8.6 | 62 | 20.1 |
| P value | 0.694 | 0.161 | 0.600 | 0.004 | ||||
| Income Level | ||||||||
| <$12,000 | 52 | 7.6 | 82 | 14.7 | 18 | 10.9 | 33 | 28.4 |
| $12,000 - $30,000 | 101 | 9.3 | 120 | 16.7 | 29 | 9.3 | 34 | 23.3 |
| >$30,000 | 12 | 7.5 | 13 | 14.4 | 10 | 14.9 | 12 | 18.8 |
| P value | 0.385 | 0.581 | 0.385 | 0.326 | ||||
| Self-rated health | ||||||||
| Excellent | 16 | 8.4 | 17 | 13.2 | 12 | 18.8 | 7 | 43.8 |
| Very Good | 58 | 9.7 | 64 | 15.6 | 17 | 9.4 | 24 | 28.2 |
| Good | 56 | 8.8 | 90 | 16.9 | 23 | 10.3 | 43 | 25.1 |
| Fair | 38 | 8.0 | 53 | 13.2 | 11 | 7.5 | 23 | 20.4 |
| Poor | 12 | 6.6 | 11 | 10.4 | 5 | 13.5 | 6 | 20.0 |
| P value | 0.722 | 0.312 | 0.152 | 0.268 | ||||
The percentages are calculated over the total number of participants in each category of the variable of interest