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