Research Article
Herbal Medicines: Malaysian Women’s Knowledge and Practice
Table 2
Relationship between sociodemographic characteristics and herbal medicines use during pregnancy.
| | Characteristic | Herbal users (%) | Herbal nonusers (%) | stat (df) | value |
| | Age | | | | | | <30 | 48 (10.4) | 180 (39.1) | | | | >30 | 110 (23.9) | 122 (26.6) | 19.20 | <0.001* | | Occupation | | | | | | Unemployed | 97 (21.1) | 181 (39.4) | | | | Employed | 61 (13.2) | 121 (26.3) | 4.89 | 0.087 | | Education | | | | | | Primary | 107 (23.3) | 190 (41.3) | | | | Secondary | 14 (3.0) | 44 (9.6) | | | | Tertiary | 37 (8.0) | 68 (14.8) | 3.09 | 0.213 | | Income | | | | | | <RM1000 | 91 (19.8) | 207 (45.0) | | | | RM1000–RM3000 | 52 (11.3) | 78 (17.0) | | | | >RM3000 | 15 (3.2) | 17 (3.7) | 22.44 | <0.001* | | Gravidity | | | | | | Primid. | 24 (5.2) | 78 (17.0) | | | | 2–5 | 91 (19.8) | 172 (37.4) | | | | 6 and above | 43 (9.3) | 52 (11.3) | 10.32 | 0.006* |
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