Table 3.
Socio demographic characteristics with comparison between female and male users of CAM
| CAM 1 1 | CAM 2 2 | CAM 3 3 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | ||||
| % (n) | % (n) | p-value* | % (n) | % (n) | p-value* | % (n) | % (n) | p-value* | |
| Age | 0.195 | 0.318 | 0.000 | ||||||
| 30-39 | 7.4 (26) | 4.9 (9) | 5.7 (57) | 4.4 (19) | 4.2 (105) | 2.9 (37) | |||
| 40-59 | 58.6 (207) | 53.8 (98) | 53.9 (536) | 51.4 (220) | 52.5 (1297) | 44.1 (555) | |||
| 60+ | 34 (120) | 41.2 (75) | 40.4 (402) | 44.2 (189) | 43.3 (1069) | 53 (667) | |||
| Education | 0.441 | 0.569 | 0.268 | ||||||
| Primary/Secondary | 52.3 (183) | 55.8 (101) | 59.9 (591) | 61.6 (261) | 58.5 (1432) | 60.4 (751) | |||
| College/University education | 47.7 (167) | 44.2 (80) | 40.1 (395) | 38.4 (163) | 41.5 (1017) | 39.6 (493) | |||
| Self-reported health | 0.984 | 0.962 | 0.439 | ||||||
| Bad | 8.2 (29) | 8.2 (15) | 10.3 (102) | 10.4 (44) | 7.9 (194) | 6.8 (85) | |||
| Neither good nor bad | 30.6 (108) | 31.3 (57) | 33.8 (333) | 33 (140) | 31 (759) | 32.1 (400) | |||
| Good | 61.2 (216) | 60.4 (110) | 55.9 (551) | 56.6 (240) | 61.1 (1499) | 61.1 (763) | |||
| Marital status | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | ||||||
| Single | 21.2 (75) | 24.2 (44) | 18.8 (187) | 24.1 (103) | 17.3 (427) | 18.7 (236) | |||
| Married/Registrated partner | 52.1 (184) | 64.3 (117) | 51.9 (516) | 62.6 (268) | 54.9 (1356) | 64.3 (810) | |||
| Widow/Widower | 9.3 (33) | 1.6 (3) | 11.1 (110) | 2.1 (9) | 10.3 (254) | 4.2 (53) | |||
| Divorced/Separated | 17.3 (61) | 9.9 (18) | 18.3 (182) | 11.2 (48) | 17.6 (343) | 12.7 (160) | |||
| Household income | . | 0.331 | 0.005 | 0.012 | |||||
| Low | 24.5 (80) | 18.5 (33) | 26.6 (243) | 18.4 (75) | 26 (590) | 21.5 (261) | |||
| Middel | 33 (108) | 36 (64) | 34 (310) | 36.4 (148) | 33.8 (766) | 34.9 (423) | |||
| High | 42.5 (139) | 45.5 (81) | 39.4 (360) | 45.2 (184) | 40.2 (913) | 43.6 (528) | |||
1CAM 1 = Use of a CAM provider minimum 4 times last year.
2CAM 2 = Use of a CAM provider last year.
3CAM 3 = Use of a CAM provider, CAM OTC products or CAM techniques last year.
*Pearson Chi-Square test.
Comparison between female and male users of CAM.