Original Article
An International Comparison of Attitudes Toward Traditional and Modern Medicine in a Chinese and an American Clinic Setting
Table 1
Distribution of select participant characteristics.
| Characteristics | United States (ACTCM) | China (CDUTCM) | | Frequency | Percent | Frequency | Percent |
| Age (years) | | | | | 18–29 | 22 | 17.5 | 25 | 19.0 | 30–39 | 32 | 25.4 | 29 | 23.0 | 40–49 | 33 | 26.2 | 32 | 25.4 | 50–59 | 28 | 22.1 | 16 | 12.7 | 60–69+ | 11 | 8.8 | 25 | 19.9 | Gender | | | | | Female | 78 | 61.9 | 77 | 61.1 | Male | 48 | 38.1 | 49 | 38.9 | Race/ethnicity | | | | | Asian | 12 | 9.5 | 126 | 100.0 | White | 95 | 75.4 | 0 | 0.0 | Other | 19 | 15.2 | 0 | 0.0 | Education | | | | | Primary/high school | 7 | 5.6 | 79 | 62.7 | College | 68 | 53.9 | 45 | 35.7 | Graduate school | 51 | 40.5 | 2 | 1.6 | Marital status | | | | | Currently married | 20 | 18.5 | 105 | 83.3 | Single no partner | 54 | 50.0 | 2 | 1.6 | Living with partner | 23 | 21.3 | 1 | 0.8 | Divorced/widowed | 11 | 10.3 | 18 | 14.3 | Health status | | | | | Poor | 9 | 7.1 | 25 | 19.8 | Fair | 28 | 22.2 | 72 | 57.1 | Good | 56 | 44.5 | 22 | 17.5 | Very good | 25 | 19.8 | 7 | 5.6 | Excellent | 8 | 6.4 | 0 | 0.0 | Nature of health concern | | | | | Chronic | 97 | 85.1 | 77 | 72.0 | Acute | 17 | 14.9 | 30 | 28.0 | Initial AM | 81 | 39.4 | 69 | 46.6 | Continue AM | 42 | 49.5 | 60 | 49.1 |
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