Table 1.
Characteristics of the households included in the study (N = 38,859)
| Variables | n (%) (N = 38,859) |
Used Herbal Medicine n (%) (N = 1829) |
Did not use Herbal Medicine n (%) (N = 37,030) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic variables | |||
| Sex of household head | |||
| Male | 33,752 (86.9) | 1619 (4.8) | 32,133 (95.2) |
| Female | 5107 (13.1) | 210 (4.1) | 4897 (95.9) |
| Age of household head | |||
| 15–45 | 16,981 (43.7) | 802 (4.7) | 16,179 (95.3) |
| 46–65 | 14,731 (37.9) | 715 (4.8) | 14,016 (95.2) |
| 66 and above | 7147 (18.4) | 312 (4.4) | 6835 (95.6) |
| Socioeconomic variables | |||
| Education status of household head | |||
| Illiterate | 9335 (24.0) | 353 (3.8) | 8982 (96.2) |
| Primary school | 10,808 (27.8) | 459 (4.3) | 1349 (95.7) |
| Secondary school | 6965 (17.9) | 325 (4.7) | 6640 (95.3) |
| High school | 7705 (19.8) | 420 (5.4) | 7285 (94.6) |
| Academic degree | 4046 (10.4) | 272 (6.7) | 3774 (93.3) |
| Wealth index of households | |||
| Poorest | 7730 (19.9) | 211 (2.7) | 7519 (97.3) |
| Poor | 7775 (20.0) | 318 (4.1) | 7457 (95.9) |
| Middle | 7779 (20.0) | 371 (4.8) | 7408 (95.2) |
| Rich | 7785 (20.0) | 450 (5.8) | 7335 (94.2) |
| Richest | 7790 (20.1) | 479 (6.2) | 7311 (93.8) |
| Ecological variables | |||
| Geographical area | |||
| Urban | 20,313 (52.3) | 1077 (5.3) | 19,236 (94.7) |
| Rural | 18,546 (47.7) | 752 (4.1) | 17,794 (95.9) |
| Province category based on HDI | |||
| Low | 14,050 (36.2) | 407 (2.9) | 13,643 (97.1) |
| Middle | 12,716 (32.7) | 613 (4.8) | 12,103 (95.2) |
| High | 12,093 (31.1) | 809 (6.7) | 11,284 (93.3) |
HDI is the human development index