The Use of Herbal Remedies among Mothers of Young Children Living in the Central Appalachian Region
Table 2
Description of the study sample. Number and raw percentage by herbal remedies use.
Total sample
Herbal remedies use
No herbal remedies use
%
%
%
Sig
Total
178
100
57
33.5
121
66.5
Age (mean (SD))
31.3 (4.7)
30.4 (4.8)
32.4 (5.2)
Race
White
168
94.4
52
32.7
108
67.3
Others
10
5.3
5
50.0
5
50.0
Ethnicity
Hispanic
3
1.7
1
37.0
3
63.0
Others
175
98.3
30
30.0
145
70.0
Marital status
Married
157
88.2
50
33.8
99
66.2
Others
21
11.8
7
33.3
14
66.7
Education
Equal/LE Bachelor’s degree
95
53.9
32
35.2
59
64.8
GE Bachelor’s degree
81
46.1
25
32.1
54
68.0
Income
LE 50,000
31
17.7
9
30.0
21
70.0
Equal to/GT 50,000
146
82.3
47
34.1
92
65.9
Employment
Full time
110
61.4
21
20.4
89
79.6
Part time/unemployed
68
38.6
36
54.6
32
45.5
Insurance
Insured
164
92.1
50
32.1
107
68.0
Uninsured
14
8.0
7
53.9
6
46.2
Appalachian
Yes
72
41.1
26
37.7
43
62.3
No
105
58.9
30
30.3
70
69.7
Religion
Christian
132
73.9
43
34.4
83
65.6
Non-Christian
46
26.1
14
31.8
30
68.2
Breastfed
Yes
155
92.8
50
34.4
105
65.6
No
12
7.2
4
8.3
8
91.7
Sensitivity (mean (SD))
1.63 (0.6)
2.64 (0.93)
2.43 (0.77)
Mood (mean (SD))
1.90 (0.8)
1.98 (0.94)
1.78 (0.92)
Belief (mean (SD))
2.03 (0.5)
3.37 (0.68)
2.82 (0.63)
Information seeking channels (M (SD))
1.72 (0.4)
2.84 (0.48)
2.38 (0.61)
Note. Based on 178 women, aged over 18 years and having at least one child less than two years old. Asterisks represent significant baseline characteristic by herbal remedies use based on chi-square tests. GT: greater than; LT: less than; SD: Standard Deviation. ;;.
