Table 4.

Odds of 12-month CAM use in Singapore by ethnicity

	Chinese			Malay			Indian
	OR	95% CI	p	OR	95% CI	p	OR	95% CI	p
Age
18–34 (reference)
35–49	1.63	0.89–2.98	0.111	1.04	0.59–1.82	0.901	1.28	0.70–2.35	0.426
50–64	1.09	0.50–2.37	0.210	0.83	0.45–1.52	0.543	1.21	0.60–2.45	0.591
65+	1.22	0.36–4.15	0.748	0.18	0.05–0.66	0.010	0.76	0.30–1.90	0.554
Gender
Male (reference)
Female	2.00	1.25–3.20	0.004	1.50	0.99–2.26	0.054	2.21	1.42–3.45	< 0.001
Marital status
Married (reference)
Never married	1.88	1.08–3.28	0.025	1.96	1.15–3.32	0.013	3.11	1.74–5.55	< 0.001
Divorced/separated	0.28	0.06–1.24	0.093	1.51	0.71–3.20	0.284	2.36	1.13–4.90	0.022
Widowed	1.88	0.43–8.17	0.400	4.84	1.63–14.34	0.004	0.93	0.31–2.79	0.890
Education
University (reference)
Diploma	1.22	0.70–2.12	0.479	0.49	0.24–0.98	0.044	1.37	0.77–2.44	0.282
Vocational/ITE	0.61	0.18–2.09	0.427	0.45	0.21–0.94	0.034	1.47	0.57–3.82	0.423
Pre-U/JC	1.14	0.45–2.89	0.777	0.33	0.10–1.09	0.069	1.33	0.50–3.49	0.568
Secondary	0.83	0.41–1.68	0.609	0.38	0.18–0.79	0.009	1.27	0.64–2.53	0.495
Pri and below	0.27	0.06–1.17	0.081	0.40	0.16–0.99	0.047	0.67	0.25–1.81	0.435
Employment
Employed (reference)
Economically inactive	0.59	0.28–1.21	0.148	1.24	0.74–2.05	0.414	1.11	0.67–1.81	0.691
Unemployed	2.78	1.30–5.98	0.009	1.10	0.48–2.48	0.828	2.19	1.11–4.31	0.024
Monthly Household Income
10,000 and above (reference)
6000–9999	1.10	0.60–2.01	0.750	1.49	0.56–3.94	0.423	0.57	0.32–1.04	0.065
4000–5999	0.66	0.32–1.35	0.253	1.19	0.45–3.14	0.724	0.29	0.14–0.60	0.001
2000–3999	1.25	0.61–2.59	0.543	1.33	0.52–3.38	0.549	0.30	0.15–0.62	0.001
Below 2000	0.63	0.26–1.55	0.317	1.43	0.52–3.91	0.490	0.59	0.26–1.35	0.212
Any mental disorder
No (reference)
Yes	3.74	2.28–6.15	< 0.001	4.74	3.13–7.19	< 0.001	3.66	2.37–5.65	< 0.001