Table 1.

Prevalence of Any Recent Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use and Adjusted Odds Ratios, Young Adults Aged 18 to 27 Years, National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health 2001–2002^a

Covariates	Weighted %	Recent CAM Use (%)	Adjusted Odds Ratios
Any recent complementary and alternative medicine use	—	29.3	—
Race and ethnicity
White	68.1	30.3d	—
Black	16.2	21.7	0.68d
Asian	3.8	34.7	1.20
Hispanic		(31.9)
Mexican	7.2	28.6	1.05
Cuban	0.7	41.6	1.71d
Puerto Rican	1.4	36.2	1.41
Central/South American	2.6	36.1	1.46b
Nativity status
US born	94.0	29.2	—
Foreign born	6.0	30.0	0.86
Gender
Male	50.8	26.6d	—
Female	49.2	32.0	1.24d
Age (years)
18–19	12.7	28.7	—
20–21	32.2	29.4	1.06
22–23	32.1	29.6	1.05
24–27	22.9	28.8	1.02
School enrollment
Not enrolled	63.9	26.7d	—
Currently enrolled	36.1	33.8	1.18b
Years education completed
<High school	14.2	22.7d	—
High school graduate	33.1	24.6	1.14
Some college	38.8	33.2	1.57c
College graduate or more	13.9	35.9	1.85c
Personal income ($)
<20 000	75.0	29.1	—
20 000–49 999	23.2	29.7	1.08
50000–74 999	1.3	31.1	1.10
≥75 000	0.5	28.3	0.99
Insurance
Insured	74.4	29.9b	—
Uninsured	25.6	27.2	1.02
Health status
Excellent	32.4	28.1	—
Very good	41.1	29.1	1.05
Good	21.8	30.2	1.16b
Fair	4.4	32.6	1.44b
Poor	0.3	45.4	2.30b

^an = 14 128. Percentages are weighted to US population estimates. Weighted logistic regression. Design-based F test for bivariate analysis.

^bP ≤ .05.

^cP ≤ .01.

^dP ≤ .001