Research Article
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use among Norwegian Cancer Survivors: Gender-Specific Prevalence and Associations for Use
Table 3
Overall CAM use. Socio demographic characteristics of users and nonusers.
| | | CAM users | Nonusers of CAM | | CAM users | Nonusers of CAM | | Interaction | | | Women |
Women | value | Men |
Men | value | women/men | | | (*) |
(*) | (*) |
(*) | | | | () | % | () | % | | () | % | () | % | | value |
| | Age | | | | | | | | | | | | | 30–66 years | (75) | 58.6 | (102) | 51.8 | 0.228 | (32) | 37.6 | (108) | 49.1 | 0.072 | 0.032 | | 67–87 years | (53) | 41.4 | (95) | 48.2 | | (53) | 62.4 | (112) | 50.9 | | | | Education | | | | | | | | | | | | Primary/secondary
school | (80) | 63.5 | (148) | 77.1 | 0.008 | (54) | 64.3 | (135) | 62.2 | 0.738 | 0.041 | | University education | (46) | 36.5 | (44) | 22.9 | | (30)
| 35.7 | (82) | 37.8 | | | | Family income | | | | | | | | | | | | | Low to medium | (61) | 47.7 | (110) | 55.8 | 0.149 | (45) | 52.9 | (83) | 37.7 | 0.016 | 0.006 | | Medium to high | (67) | 52.3 | (87) | 44.2 | | (40) | 47.1 | (137) | 62.3 | | | | Living with a spouse/partner | | | | | | | | | | | | | Yes | (74) | 61.2 | (106) | 54.1 | 0.217 | (69) | 82.1 | (185) | 85.3 | 0.505 | 0.211 | | No | (47) | 38.8 | (90) | 45.9 | | (15) | 17.9 | (32) | 14.7 | | |
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*Due to missing response on one or more variables, the analysed numbers do not always add up to the total number.
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