Table 1.
Sociodemographic factors of study participants by medical pluralism
| Medical pluralism | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Yes | Total | ||||
| N = 8510 | N = 4094 | N = 12604 | ||||
| Sex | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) |
| Male | 4397 | (72.9) | 1637 | (27.1) | 6034 | (100) |
| Female | 4113 | (62.6) | 2457 | (37.4) | 6570 | (100) |
| Age, years | ||||||
| 18-29 | 2242 | (66.9) | 1110 | (33.1) | 3352 | (100) |
| 30-49 | 3503 | (65.7) | 1830 | (34.3) | 5333 | (100) |
| 50-64 | 1559 | (68.0) | 733 | (32.0) | 2292 | (100) |
| ≥ 65 | 1206 | (74.1) | 421 | (25.9) | 1627 | (100) |
| Education, years | ||||||
| 0 | 795 | (71.8) | 313 | (28.2) | 1108 | (100) |
| 1-9 | 2867 | (67.2) | 1399 | (32.8) | 4266 | (100) |
| 10-12 | 2537 | (67.0) | 1249 | (33.0) | 3786 | (100) |
| ≥ 13 | 2305 | (67.1) | 1131 | (32.9) | 3436 | (100) |
| Occupation | ||||||
| Unemployed | 2219 | (70.8) | 916 | (29.2) | 3135 | (100) |
| Homemaker | 1335 | (64.8) | 726 | (35.2) | 2061 | (100) |
| Skilled, Unskilled | 3797 | (66.7) | 1893 | (33.3) | 5690 | (100) |
| Profession | 1128 | (67.5) | 1893 | (32.5) | 1672 | (100) |
| Family income, NTDs | ||||||
| < 30,000 | 1639 | (69.1) | 732 | (30.9) | 2371 | (100) |
| 30,000-49,999 | 1857 | (66.9) | 920 | (33.1) | 2777 | (100) |
| 50000-99999 | 3383 | (66.1) | 1732 | (33.9) | 5115 | (100) |
| ≥ 100,000 | 1567 | (69.8) | 677 | (30.2) | 2244 | (100) |
| Urbanization | ||||||
| Low | 768 | (74.1) | 269 | (25.9) | 1037 | (100) |
| Moderate | 1030 | (69.8) | 445 | (30.2) | 1475 | (100) |
| High | 6712 | (66.5) | 3380 | (33.5) | 10092 | (100) |
NTDs, new Taiwan dollars