Table 3.
Overall responses to practice questions toward traditional Chinese medicine
| Variables | Poor, n (%) | Fair, n (%) | Good, n (%) | P value | Effect size# |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 150 (82.4) | 24 (13.2) | 8 (4.4) | 0.763** | - |
| Female | 182 (79.8) | 33 (14.5) | 13 (5.7) | ||
| Age | |||||
| ≤25 | 228 (78.9) | 46 (15.9) | 15 (5.2) | 0.457 | - |
| 26–30 | 71 (88.8) | 7 (8.8) | 2 (2.5) | ||
| 31–35 | 29 (78.4) | 4 (10.8) | 4 (10.8) | ||
| 36–40 | 3 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| ≥41 | 1 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Ethnicity | |||||
| Malay | 103 (95.4) | 3 (2.8) | 2 (1.9) | <0.001* | 0.275 |
| Chinese | 136 (76.0) | 29 (16.2) | 29 (16.2) | ||
| Indian | 65 (69.9) | 23 (24.7) | 23 (24.7) | ||
| Others | 28 (93.3) | 2 (6.7) | 2 (6.7) | ||
| Religion | |||||
| Islam | 103 (95.4) | 3 (2.8) | 2 (1.9) | <0.001 | 0.289 |
| Buddhism | 102 (75.0) | 23 (16.9) | 11 (8.1) | ||
| Hinduism | 55 (63.3) | 23 (27.7) | 5 (6.0) | ||
| Christians | 70 (86.4) | 8 (9.9) | 3 (7.5) | ||
| Others | 2 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Place of living | |||||
| Rural | 60 (69.0) | 20 (23.0) | 7 (8.0) | 0.006** | 0.159 |
| Urban | 272 (84.2) | 37 (11.5) | 14 (4.3) | ||
| Employment status | |||||
| Government | 50 (80.6) | 6 (9.7) | 6 (9.7) | 0.099 | - |
| Private | 17 (84.0) | 28 (13.1) | 6 (2.8) | ||
| Unemployed | 103 (76.3) | 23 (17.0) | 9 (6.7) | ||
| Education level | |||||
| No formal education | 4 (66.7) | 2 (33.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0.002 | 0.112 |
| Primary | 4 (100.0) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Secondary | 60 (88.2) | 3 (4.4) | 5 (7.4) | ||
| Undergraduate | 239 (80.5) | 42 (14.2) | 16 (5.4) | ||
| Postgraduate | 2 (5.7) | 8 (22.9) | 25 (71.4) | ||
| Family income | |||||
| ≤RM 2000 | 95 (79.2) | 8 (6.7) | 17 (14.2) | 0.327 | - |
| RM 2001–4000 | 73 (76.8) | 20 (20.1) | 2 (2.1) | ||
| ≥RM 4001 | 164 (84.1) | 20 (10.3) | 11 (5.6) |
**Fisher’s exact test, *Chi-square test, #Phi–Cramer’s value