Table 2.
The bivariate association between the use of biomedical services and the holistic use of traditional East Asian Medicine (EM)
| The use of biomedical services | ||||
| No | Yes | Total | ||
| The holistic use of EM (No. of EM modalities used) |
1 | 227 (62.5) | 136 (37.5) | 363 (100.0) |
| 2 | 766 (59.7) | 518 (40.3) | 1284 (100.0) | |
| 3 | 654 (57.6) | 481 (42.4) | 1135 (100.0) | |
| 4 | 389 (55.6) | 310 (44.4) | 699 (100.0) | |
| 5 | 138 (50.0) | 138 (50.0) | 276 (100.0) | |
| 6 | 39 (47.6) | 43 (52.4) | 82 (100.0) | |
| 7 | 7 (31.8) | 15 (68.2) | 22 (100.0) | |
| Total | 2220 (57.5) | 1641 (42.5) | 3861 (100.0) | |
Note: percentages in parentheses. Pearson’s χ2 (6)=22.8001; P value, 0.001.