Table 1.

Description of sample characteristics

Sample size	3418
Belief on and Use of Traditional Medicine
Belief on Traditional Medicine (yes = 1, no = 0)	46.6%
Use of Traditional Medicine (yes = 1, no = 0)	45.9%
Demographics
Gender (male = 1, female = 0)	47.6%
Mean age (range: 50–100)	68.9 (sd = 10.3)
Residence (urban = 1, rural = 0)	87.3%
Medical factors
Hypertension (yes = 1, no = 0)	48.0%
Cardiovascular diseases (yes = 1, no = 0)	23.6%
Stroke (yes = 1, no = 0)	5.8%
Pneumonia/ … / asthma (yes = 1, no = 0)	11.9%
Diabetes (yes = 1, no = 0)	11.1%
Depression (yes = 1, no = 0)	1.1%
Cancer (yes = 1, no = 0)	2.5%
Prostatitis (yes = 1, no = 0)	5.0%
Osteoporosis/osteoarthritis (yes = 1, no = 0)	20.7%
Fracture (yes = 1, no = 0)	4.6%
Parkinson’s disease (yes = 1, no = 0)	0.7%
Nervous system disease (yes = 1, no = 0)	5.5%
Socioeconomics
Education: Primary school or below	28.0%
Middle school	32.8%
High/polytechnic school	25.7%
Colleague or above.	13.4%
Monthly income (range: 0–10,000 Yuan)	2484.2
Main occupation: Professional/administrative	21.0%
Clerk/service	19.5%
Physical labor	46.8%
Other	12.8%
Relational and contextual factors
Spouse accompany (yes = 1, no = 0)	77.8%
Average number of strong ties to confide	4.0 (sd = 3.8)
Knowing medical staff (yes = 1, no = 0)	17.0%
Average number of community facilities	5.3 (sd = 2.3)
GDP per capita in the district (unit: 10,000 Yuan)	10.6 (sd = 4.5)
Medical staff per 10,000 residents in the district	97.6 (sd = 66.2)