Research Article
Characterizing Herbal Medicine Use for Noncommunicable Diseases in Urban South Africa
Table 1
Participant characteristics.
| | | Overall
= 456 | THM use
= 124 | No THM use
= 332 |
| | THM use (%) | | | | | Yes | 124 (27.2) | | | | No | 332 (72.8) | | | | Gender (%) | | | | | Male | 100 (22.0) | 25 (20.3) | 75 (22.6) | | Female | 355 (78.0) | 98 (79.7) | 257 (77.4) | | Marital status (%) | | | | | Never married | 223 (49.8) | 50 (42.0) | 173 (52.6) | | Married or cohabiting | 127 (28.3) | 38 (31.9) | 89 (27.1) | Divorced, widowed, or
separated | 98 (21.9) | 31 (26.1) | 67 (20.4) | | Education (%) | | | | | None or primary | 129 (28.7) | 46 (37.4) | 83 (25.5) | | Secondary | 283 (63.0) | 67 (54.5) | 216 (66.3) | | Tertiary or other | 37 (8.2) | 10 (8.1) | 27 (8.3) | | Employed (%) | | | | | Yes | 68 (15.6) | 23 (19.7) | 45 (14.2) | | No | 367 (84.4) | 94 (80.3) | 273 (85.8) | | Income (%) | | | | | R0–R1999 | 369 (81.6) | 93 (75.0) | 276 (84.1) | | R2000–R5000 | 73 (16.2) | 26 (21.0) | 47 (14.3) | | R5000+ | 10 (2.2) | 5 (4.0) | 5 (1.5) | | Religion (%) | | | | | Other | 19 (4.2) | 7 (5.6) | 12 (3.70) | | Christian | 431 (95.8) | 117 (94.4) | 314 (96.3) | | Medical insurance (%) | | | | | Yes | 18 (4.1) | 8 (6.7) | 10 (3.1) | | No | 426 (95.9) | 111 (93.3) | 315 (96.9) | | Smoking status (%) | | | | | Never smoked | 275 (62.2) | 78 (66.7) | 197 (60.6) | | Past smoker | 32 (7.2) | 10 (8.5) | 22 (6.8) | | Current smoker | 124 (28.1) | 28 (23.9) | 96 (29.5) | | Casual smoker | 11 (2.5) | 1 (0.9) | 10 (3.1) | | Alcohol use (%) | | | | | Never drank | 225 (50.6) | 66 (55.9) | 159 (48.6) | | Past drinker | 40 (9.0) | 13 (11.0) | 27 (8.3) | | Current drinker | 127 (28.5) | 24 (20.3) | 103 (31.5) | | Casual drinker | 53 (11.9) | 15 (12.7) | 38 (11.6) | | General health (%) | | | | | Excellent | 35 (7.8) | 10 (8.4) | 25 (7.6) | | Very good | 71 (15.9) | 16 (13.4) | 55 (16.8) | | Good | 176 (39.5) | 55 (46.2) | 121 (37.0) | | Fair | 106 (23.8) | 23 (19.3) | 83 (25.4) | | Poor | 58 (13.0) | 15 (12.6) | 43 (13.1) | | Migrant (%) | | | | | No | 170 (37.6) | 58 (46.8) | 112 (34.1) | | Yes | 282 (62.4) | 66 (53.2) | 216 (65.9) | | Age med (IQR) | 56 (47–64) | 57 (49–64) | 56 (46–64) | | Number of people living in household med (IQR) | 5 (3–6) | 5 (3.8–7) | 5 (3–6) | | Number of people earning an income in household med (IQR) | 1 (1-2) | 1 (1-2) | 1 (1-2) |
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