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. 2009 Dec 12;9:230. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-9-230

Table 1.

Factors associated with attitudes towards NCMS

Variables Satisfaction (%) intermediate (%) dissatisfaction (%) t-value p
Gender -2.78 0.005

Male 76.9 19.5 3.6

Female 67.2 24.3 8.5

Age(years) 23.59 0.000

<20 63.8 27.4 8.8

20~40 62.9 26.7 10.4

40~60 74.6 19.6 5.8

>60 80.4 13.8 5.8

Education level 6.73 0.187

Illiterate 74.5 18.0 7.5

Elementary school 70.7 22.4 6.9

Junior high school 70.8 22.9 6.3

High school graduates or above 75.2 20.4 4.4

Marital status 19.77 0.000

Single 70.5 20.8 8.7

Married 77.4 17.3 5.2

Divorced or widowed 70.9 24.7 4.4

Self-rated health status 17.69 0.000

Excellent 83.2 13.7 3.1

Good 74.5 18.6 6.9

Poor 70.3 24.3 7.4

Awful 63.7 25.9 10.4

Sick within latest two weeks -1.86 0.079

Yes 70.2 25.4 4.4

No 72.4 21.9 5.7