Research Article

Characteristics of Herbal Medicine Users and Adverse Events Experienced in South Korea: A Survey Study

Table 1

Basic characteristics of respondents.

Demographic characteristics %

Sex
 Men59152.1
 Women54347.9
Age (years)
 20–2920918.4
 30–3923720.9
 40–4927724.4
 50–5925322.3
 60–6915813.9
Occupation
 Executives professionals21418.9
 Office workers39234.6
 Service sales workers837.3
 Agriculture, forestry, and fishery workers40.4
 Craft mechanical workers413.6
 Simple labourers151.3
 Self-employed, part-time employees, and freelancers252.2
 Students, housewives, and unemployed36031.7
Level of education
 Middle school91.1
 High school21819.2
 College78469.1
 Graduate school12010.6

Total1134100.0