Table 1.
Demographic and educational data of the respondents.
| Variable | Total group (n=165) | Visited CAM practitioners (n=83) | ||
| Frequency | % | Frequency | % | |
| Total group | 165 | 100 | 83/165 | 50.3 |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 116 | 70.3 | 68/116 | 58.6 |
| Male | 49 | 29.4 | 15/49 | 30.6 |
| Age group | ||||
| 18–30 years | 13 | 7.9 | 6/13 | 46.1 |
| 31–40 years | 35 | 21.2 | 20/35 | 57.1 |
| 41–50 years | 46 | 27.9 | 20/46 | 43.4 |
| 51–60 years | 48 | 29.1 | 26/48 | 51.4 |
| 61–64 years | 8 | 4.8 | 3/8 | 37.5 |
| ≥ 65 years | 15 | 9.1 | 8/15 | 23.3 |
| Language | ||||
| Afrikaans | 124 | 75.2 | 57/124 | 46.0 |
| English | 32 | 19.4 | 19/32 | 59.4 |
| Sesotho | 4 | 2.4 | 4/4 | 100 |
| isiXhosa | 2 | 1.2 | 1/2 | 50.0 |
| German | 2 | 1.2 | 2/2 | 100 |
| Setswana | 2 | 1.2 | 1/2 | 50.0 |
| Italian | 1 | 0.6 | 1/1 | 100 |
| isiZulu | 1 | 0.6 | 0/1 | 0 |
| Racial group | ||||
| Asian | 1 | 0.6 | 0/1 | 0 |
| Black | 10 | 6.1 | 7/10 | 70.0 |
| Coloured | 2 | 1.2 | 2/2 | 100 |
| White | 152 | 92.1 | 74/152 | 48.7 |
| Religion | ||||
| Christian | 144 | 87.3 | 71/144 | 49.3 |
| Atheist | 7 | 4.2 | 1/7 | 14.3 |
| Muslim | 1 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Not mentioned | 13 | 7.9 | 11/13 | 84.6 |
| Education | ||||
| More than one degree | 119 | 72.1 | 55/119 | 46.2 |
| University degree | 25 | 15.1 | 14/25 | 56.0 |
| University of Technology degree | 8 | 4.8 | 6/8 | 75.0 |
| School grade 12 | 8 | 4.8 | 4/8 | 50.0 |
| School grade 10 | 1 | 0.6 | 1/1 | 100 |
| Qualification from other than the abovementioned institutes |
10 | 6.1 | 8/10 | 80.0 |
| Faculties | ||||
| Health Sciences | 56 | 33.9 | 19/56 | 33.9 |
| Natural & Agricultural Sciences | 33 | 20.0 | 14/33 | 42.4 |
| Humanities | 21 | 12.7 | 15/21 | 71.4 |
| Other divisions | 55 | 33.3 | 35/55 | 63.6 |