Table 4.
Variables | Frequency (N = 734) | Percent (%) |
Patronized alternative medicine in the last 12 months. (N=734) |
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Yes | 401 | 54.6 |
No | 333 | 45.4 |
Total | 734 | 100.0 |
Type of alternative medical therapy used before. (N=401) |
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Concoction from hawkers | 323 | 80.5 |
Herbalist therapies | 86 | 21.4 |
Traditional bone setters | 29 | 7.2 |
Can advice a sick person to first go for alternative medical therapy. (N=734) |
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Yes | 221 | 28.7 |
No | 502 | 68.4 |
Don't know | 21 | 2.9 |