Preference and Practice of Traditional Medicine and Associated Factors in Jimma Town, Southwest Ethiopia

Table 4

Relationships of the sociodemographic distribution of participants with the preference and practice of traditional medicine in Jimma town, Southwest Ethiopia, 2020.

Variables	Practice		Test statistics	value	Preference			Test statistics	value
	Yes	No			TM	MM	Both
Sex
Male	100	20	X^2 = 0.65	0.42	7	97	16	X^2 = 4.22	0.12
Female	120	31			18	107	26
Ethnicity
Oromo	182	36	X^2 = 6.62	0.16	23	157	38	X^2 = 10.38	0.24
Amhara	24	7			1	27	3
Tigre	1	1			0	1	1
Gurage	6	2			0	6	0
Others^a	7	5			1	13	0
Religion
Muslims	138	17	X^2 = 15.88	0.001	17	110	28	X^2 = 6.52	0.37
Protestants	31	16			3	39	5
Orthodox	49	17			4	59	9
Others^b	2	1			1	1	0
Marital status
Married	171	26	X^2 = 14.92	0.002	21	139	37	X^2 = 12.39	0.05
Single	41	21			3	54	5
Divorced	6	3			0	9	0
Widowed	2	1			1	2	0
Occupation
Farmer	50	3	X^2 = 19.95	0.001	10	32	11	X^2 = 15.61	0.05
Government employee	25	12			1	32	4
Housewife/husband	53	4			8	40	9
Private workers	39	12			2	42	7
Others^c	53	20			4	58	4
Educational level
Not read and write	53	5	X^2 = 26.54	<0.001	9	34	5	X^2 = 15.56	0.04
Read and write	55	7			8	46	8
1–6	14	1			1	12	2
7–12	61	13			5	58	11
>12	37	25			2	54	6

^aSilte, Dawro, and Yem. ^bWaaqeffannaa and catholic. ^cCarpenter and driver.