Table 3.
Treatment options for candidiasis in relation with gender, age, educational status, occupation, marital status and religion
| Characteristics | Categories | Treatment options for candidiasis | Chi-square (χ2) | df | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western medication | Herbal remedies | Western and herbal | |||||
| Gender | Female | 0 | 59 | 1 | 20.346 | 2 | 0.000 |
| Male | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Age (years) | 18–35 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 3.697 | 4 | 0.449 |
| 36–55 | 0 | 24 | 1 | ||||
| > 55 | 1 | 19 | 0 | ||||
| Education level | None | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1.033 | 4 | 0.905 |
| Primary | 1 | 40 | 1 | ||||
| Secondary | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Main occupation | Crop farming | 1 | 54 | 1 | 0.258 | 2 | 0.879 |
| Others | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| Marital status | Single | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.344 | 6 | 0.999 |
| Divorced | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Widowed | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| Married | 1 | 52 | 1 | ||||
| Religious affiliation | Roman catholic | 1 | 42 | 0 | 5.245 | 4 | 0.263 |
| Anglican | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Pentecostals | 0 | 10 | 1 | ||||
| Overall treatment options for candidiasis | 1 | 61 | 1 | 114.286 | 2 | 0.000 | |