Characterizing Herbal Medicine Use for Noncommunicable Diseases in Urban South Africa

Table 4

Predictors of traditional herbal medicines use.

	Crude OR (95% CI)
Age	1.01 (0.99–1.03)
Gender
Male	1.00
Female	1.14 (0.70–1.93)
Marital status
Never married	1.00
Married or cohabiting	1.48 (0.90–2.42)
Divorced, widowed, or separated	1.60 (0.94–2.71)
Education
None or primary	1.00
Secondary	0.56 (0.36–0.88)
Tertiary or other	0.67 (0.29–1.47)
Employed
No	1.00
Yes	1.48 (0.84–2.56)
Income per month
R0–R1999	1.00
R2000–R5000	1.64 (0.95–2.78)
R5000	2.97 (0.81–10.89)
Religion
Other	1.00
Christian	0.64 (0.25–1.75)
Medical insurance
No	1.00
Yes	2.27 (0.84–5.90)
Number of people in household	1.00 (0.93–1.07)
Health compared to last year
Same as last year	1.00
Better than 1 year ago	1.72 (1.04–2.91)
Worse than 1 year ago	1.60 (0.80–3.18)
Have current health condition
No	1.00
Yes	2.04 (1.28–3.34)
Uses conventional medication
No	1.00
Yes	1.17 (0.76–1.81)
Sees a family doctor
No	1.00
Yes	2.26 (1.48–3.46)
Sees a hospital doctor
No	1.00
Yes	0.67 (0.38–1.19)
Sees a specialist doctor
No	1.00
Yes	2.38 (1.40–4.00)
Sees a traditional healer
No	1.00
Yes	8.66 (3.50–24.52)
Has a noncommunicable disease
No	1.00
Yes	1.35 (0.89–2.07)
Migrant
Yes	1.00
No	0.59 (0.39–0.90)