Table 2.

Sample characteristics by attitude and use of traditional medicine

	Belief on Traditional Medicine		Use of Traditional Medicine
	Yes	No	Yes	No
Sample size	1593	1825	1568	1850
Demographics
Gender (male = 1, female = 0)	46.3%	48.7%	43.8%	50.8%
Mean age (range: 50–100)	68.5	69.3	69.5	68.5
Residence (urban = 1, rural = 0)	85.2%	89.2%	85.4%	88.9%
Medical factors
Hypertension (yes = 1, no = 0)	47.0%	49.0%	50.5%	46.0%
Cardiovascular diseases (yes = 1, no = 0)	24.0%	23.2%	27.9%	19.9%
Stroke (yes = 1, no = 0)	5.2%	6.4%	6.1%	5.5%
Pneumonia/ … / asthma (yes = 1, no = 0)	11.9%	12.0%	15.2%	9.1%
Diabetes (yes = 1, no = 0)	10.7%	11.5%	12.1%	10.3%
Depression (yes = 1, no = 0)	1.1%	1.2%	1.3%	1.0%
Cancer (yes = 1, no = 0)	3.5%	1.6%	4.0%	1.2%
Prostatitis (yes = 1, no = 0)	6.2%	4.0%	6.3%	3.9%
Osteoporosis/osteoarthritis (yes = 1, no = 0)	20.0%	21.3%	24.0%	17.9%
Fracture (yes = 1, no = 0)	5.5%	3.9%	6.1%	3.4%
Parkinson’s disease (yes = 1, no = 0)	0.4%	0.9%	0.6%	0.8%
Nervous system disease (yes = 1, no = 0)	4.8%	6.1%	7.3%	4.1%
Socioeconomics
Education: Primary school or below	25.3%	30.4%	27.7%	28.3%
Middle school	30.2%	35.1%	30.5%	34.8%
High/polytechnic school	27.9%	23.8%	25.8%	25.7%
Colleague or above.	16.6%	10.7%	16.1%	11.2%
Monthly income (range: 0–10,000 Yuan)	2.6	2.4	2.5	2.5
Main occupation: Professional/administrative	25.4%	17.1%	24.2%	18.2%
Clerk/service	19.9%	19.1%	17.9%	20.8%
Physical labor	42.8%	50.3%	44.5%	48.7%
Other	12.0%	13.6%	13.4%	12.4%
Relational and contextual factors
Spouse accompany (yes = 1, no = 0)	80.2%	75.7%	78.1%	77.5%
Average number of strong ties to confide	4.3	3.7	4.2	3.7
Knowing medical staff (yes = 1, no = 0)	21.0%	13.5%	19.1%	15.2%
Average number of community facilities	5.4	5.2	5.4	5.2
GDP per capita in the district (unit: 10,000 Yuan)	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.4
Medical staff per 10,000 residents in the district	10.8	10.7	10.9	10.6