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Table 1 Frequency table on sociodemographic characteristics of study participants and results of χ2 test

From: The importance of herbal medicine use in the German health-care system: prevalence, usage pattern, and influencing factors

 

Total sample, n = 2906

(%)

HM user in previous year (1),

n = 2192

(%)

HM user not in previous year (2)

n = 328

(%)

HM non-user

(3),

n = 386

(%)

χ2 (df),

p value

Total N

100.0

75.4

11.3

13.3

 

Gender

 Male

49.4

44.5

59.8

68.4

χ2(2) = 90.62,

p = .000

 Female

50.6

55.5

40.2

31.6

Years of Education

  <  12 Years

50.1

47.4

54.9

60.9

χ2(2) = 27.12,

p = .000

  ≥ 12 Years

49.9

52.6

45.1

39.1

Occupation

 Employed

64.7

66.0

60.1

61.4

χ2(2) = 6.59,

p = .037

 Unemployed

35.3

34.0

39.9

38.6

Health insurance

 Public

78.6

77.4

80.2

83.9

χ2(2) = 9.65,

p = .047

 Private

21.4

22.6

19.8

16.1

Age group (years)

 18–29

16.2

17.6

13.7

10.6

χ2(8) = 17.39,

p = .026

 30–39

13.0

13.0

10.7

14.5

 40–49

17.2

17.0

18.0

17.9

 50–59

19.4

19.1

18.9

21.5

  ≥ 60

34.2

33.3

38.7

35.5

Size of household size

 1

25.2

23.0

30.8

32.9

χ2(6) = 31.37,

p = .000

 2

42.8

42.8

42.1

43.3

 3

15.7

16.7

13.7

11.7

  ≥ 4

16.3

17.5

13.4

12.2

Marital Status

 Married/cohabitating

51.8

53.0

47.3

49.0

χ2(6) = 7.55,

p = .273

 Divorced/separated

14.3

13.7

17.7

14.5

 Single

30.1

29.7

30.5

32.1

 Widowed

3.8

3.6

4.6

4.4