Table 3. Distribution of the Overall Acceptance Score on the Socio-Demographic. Characteristics of the Sample (N=305).

Characteristic	Overall Acceptance score				All		p-value
	Low (Lower 70%)		High (Upper 30%)
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Age group							0.001
18-25 years	108	81.2	25	18.8	133	100
26-40 years	61	63.5	35	36.5	96	100
>40 years	25	55.6	20	44.4	45	100
Gender							0.656
Male	114	69.1	51	30.9	165	100
Female	100	71.4	40	28.6	140	100
Marital status							<0.001
Unmarried (single, divorced, widowed)	107	82.3	23	17.7	130	100
Married	107	62.2	65	37.8	172	100
Ever treated by Omani doctors							0.015
No	57	81.4	13	18.6	70	100
Yes	157	66.8	78	33.2	235	100
Self-rated health status							0.930
Good	126	70.4	53	29.6	179	100
Not good, needs chronic care	86	69.9	37	30.1	123	100
Education							0.035
Uneducated	21	56.8	16	43.2	37	100
Moderately educated	125	69.4	55	30.6	180	100
Highly educated	66	79.5	17	20.5	83	100
Healthcare visits							0.351
1-5 visits	98	74.2	34	25.8	132	100
6-10 visits	23	62.2	14	37.8	37	100
>10 visits	61	73.5	22	26.5	83	100

PS: don’t sum always to 305 due to missing cells in some variables.