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. 2020 Feb 13;20:52. doi: 10.1186/s12906-020-2843-7

Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents

Total CAM use in past 12 months (%) No CAM use in past 12 months (%) p
n Weighted % 95% CI Weighted % 95% CI
Ethnicity 0.0083
 Chinese 1780 5.9 4.9–7.1 94.1 92.9–95.1
 Malay 1986 8.1 6.9–9.6 91.9 90.5–93.1
 Indian 1841 7.6 6.4–9.0 92.4 91.0–93.6
 Others 510 8.5 6.2–11.7 91.5 88.3–93.8
Age < 0.001
 18–34 1704 9.2 7.5–11.2 90.8 88.8–92.5
 35–49 1496 7.8 6.1–10.0 92.2 90.0–93.9
 50–64 1623 3.9 2.8–5.5 96.1 94.5–97.2
 65+ 1294 1.8 1.0–3.2 98.2 96.8–99.0
Gender 0.0013
 Male 3064 4.9 3.9–6.2 95.1 93.8–96.1
 Female 3053 7.8 6.6–9.3 92.2 90.7–93.4
Marital status < 0.001
 Married 1541 4.8 3.9–6.0 95.2 96.1–94.0
 Never married 3839 10.1 8.2–12.2 90.0 87.8–91.8
 Divorced/separated 343 4.4 2.6–7.4 95.6 92.6–97.4
 Widowed 394 4.1 1.9–8.7 95.9 91.3–98.1
Education < 0.001
 University 1455 8.1 6.4–10.3 91.9 89.7–93.6
 Diploma 1023 8.6 6.5–11.3 91.4 88.7–93.5
 Vocational/ITE 508 6.7 4.4–10.1 93.3 89.9–95.6
 Pre-U/JC 304 7.0 3.9–12.1 93.0 87.9–96.1
 Secondary 1643 5.4 4.0–7.2 94.6 92.8–96.0
 Pri and below 1184 1.8 1.0–3.3 98.2 96.7–99.0
Employment < 0.001
 Employed 4053 6.7 5.7–7.9 93.3 92.1–94.3
 Economically inactive 1714 3.8 2.7–5.3 96.2 94.7–97.3
 Unemployed 349 13.7 8.9–20.4 86.4 79.6–91.1
Monthly Household Income 0.0572
 Below 2000 1142 4.7 3.2–6.8 95.3 93.3–96.8
 2000–3999 1331 7.6 5.7–10.1 92.4 89.9–94.3
 4000–5999 1112 5.2 3.7–7.3 94.8 92.7–96.3
 6000–9999 1002 8.5 6.4–11.2 91.5 88.8–93.7
 10,000 and above 860 7.6 5.5–10.4 92.4 89.7–94.5
Any mental disorder
 Yes 844 17.0 13.7–21 83 79–86.3 < 0.001
 No 5273 4.7 3.9–5.6 95.3 94.4–96.1