Herbal Medicines: Malaysian Women’s Knowledge and Practice

Table 7

The comparison of mean knowledge score of herbal medicines and sociodemographic characteristics using independent 𝑡-test and ANOVA.

Sociodemographic characteristics	Mean (SD)	𝑡-stat (df)	𝑃 value
Age
<30	4.0 (2.2)	0.069	0.945
>30	4.0 (2.2)
Occupation
Unemployed	3.9 (2.3)	0.271	0.786
Employed	3.9 (2.1)
Education
Primary	3.5 (2.3)	2.230	0.109*
Secondary	3.9 (2.1)
Tertiary	4.4 (2.1)
Income
<RM1000	3.7 (2.1)	4.349	<0.050*
RM1000–RM3000	4.3 (2.4)
>RM3000	4.3 (2.2)
Gravidity
Primid	3.9 (2.1)	0.010	0.990*
2–5	3.9 (2.4)
6 & above	3.9 (2.0)
Prevalence of herbal medicine usage
Yes	4.0 (2.3)	0.339	0.735
No	3.9 (2.2)

∗ANOVA.