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 | | | Men | 591 | 52.1 | Women | 543 | 47.9 | Age (years) | | | 20–29 | 209 | 18.4 | 30–39 | 237 | 20.9 | 40–49 | 277 | 24.4 | 50–59 | 253 | 22.3 | 60–69 | 158 | 13.9 | Occupation | | | Executives professionals | 214 | 18.9 | Office workers | 392 | 34.6 | Service sales workers | 83 | 7.3 | Agriculture, forestry, and fishery workers | 4 | 0.4 | Craft mechanical workers | 41 | 3.6 | Simple labourers | 15 | 1.3 | Self-employed, part-time employees, and freelancers | 25 | 2.2 | Students, housewives, and unemployed | 360 | 31.7 | Level of education | | | Middle school | 9 | 1.1 | High school | 218 | 19.2 | College | 784 | 69.1 | Graduate school | 120 | 10.6 |
| Total | 1134 | 100.0 |
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