Testing the Traditional Chinese Medicine Consultation Model for Adherence in Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Table 1

Participant sociodemographics.

Background characteristic	Number of participants (%) (total: 101)
Age [median (range)]	[49 (21–74)]
Gender
Male	10 (9.9)
Female	91 (90.1)
Ethnicity
White	87 (86.1)
Asian	8 (7.9)
Mixed	3 (3.0)
Black	3 (3.0)
Education
Secondary	6 (5.9)
College	10 (9.9)
Diploma	25 (24.8)
Bachelor	35 (34.7)
Master	20 (19.8)
Doctoral	5 (5.0)
Occupation
Human health and social work activities	43 (42.6)
Unemployed	17 (16.8)
Multiple	9 (8.9)
Professional, scientific, and technical activities	9 (8.9)
Education	7 (6.9)
Administrative and support service activities	4 (4.0)
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	3 (3.0)
Other service activities	3 (3.0)
Self-employed	3 (3.0)
Construction	1 (1.0)
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	1 (1.0)
Accommodation and food service activities	1 (1.0)
Income
Less than £10000	31 (30.7)
£10000–19999	21 (20.8)
£20000–29999	25 (24.8)
£30000–39999	11 (10.9)
£40000–49999	4 (4.0)
£50000–59999	3 (3.0)
£60000 or more	6 (5.9)