The Determinants of Choosing Traditional Korean Medicine or Conventional Medicine: Findings from the Korea Health Panel

Table 3

Determinants of choosing traditional Korean medicine without adjusting for clustered error.

	Odd Ratios	95% CI	value
Sex (ref = female)	1.041	0.965–1.122	0.291
Age (ref = 20–29)
30–39	1.236	1.036–1.473	0.018
40–49	1.322	1.108–1.578	0.002
50–59	0.866	0.719–1.042	0.129
60–69	0.828	0.684–1.002	0.053
≥70	0.734	0.602–0.895	0.002
Marital status
Married	0.978	0.850–1.126	0.767
Divorced	1.152	0.989–1.341	0.067
Education (ref = elementary school)
Middle school	0.903	0.840–0.970	0.006
High school	1.022	0.954–1.094	0.883
College or higher	1.089	1.000–1.187	0.050
Residence (ref = rural)	1.441	1.375–1.509	<0.001
Health insurance type (ref = MA)	1.384	1.273–1.503	<0.001
Private health insurance (ref = no)	1.061	1.003–1.121	0.036
Household income (log)	0.972	0.961–0.983	<0.001
Subjective health status	1.002	1.001–1.003	0.001
Number of chronic diseases	1.018	1.007–1.029	0.001
Disease (ref = gastrointestinal)
Neoplasm	0.209	0.077–0.566	0.002
Endocrine system	0.370	0.234–0.584	<0.001
Nervous system	12.054	10.003–14.526	<0.001
Eye and ear	0.774	0.533–1.038	0.082
Circulatory system	5.267	4.429–6.624	<0.001
Respiratory system	0.604	0.270–1.352	0.220
Skin and subcutaneous tissue	1.006	0.725–1.397	0.969
Musculoskeletal system	20.579	17.509–24.187	<0.001
Genitourinary system	1.678	1.295–2.174	<0.001
Others	6.294	5.312–7.459	<0.001
Smoking (ref = no smoking history)
Current smoker	0.972	0.904–1.045	0.454
Past smoker	1.318	1.065–1.630	0.011
Drinking (ref = no)	0.993	0.955–1.033	0.758
Regular exercise (ref = no)	0.853	0.807–0.901	<0.001
Unmet need (ref = no)	1.070	1.014–1.130	0.014
Number of observations	179,026
−2 log likelihood	−30,715.41
LR test	9,775.68 ()
Pseudo	0.1373

ref: reference; MA: Medical Aid; CI: confidence interval.