Research Article
Acupuncture Use among American Adults: What Acupuncture Practitioners Can Learn from National Health Interview Survey 2007?
Table 1
Socio-demographics of the acupuncture users and non-users.
| Socio-Demographics | Former User() | Recent user() | Non-User() |
| Age**†† (Mean ±linearized standard error) | | | | 18–40 | 23.9 | 30.3 | 43.1 | 41–64 | 54.5 | 58.1 | 40.9 | 65+ | 21.6 | 11.6 | 16.9 | Sex*†† | | | | Female | 57.3 | 65.0 | 51.2 | Male | 42.7 | 35.0 | 48.8 | Hispanic Origin†† | | | | Non-Hispanic Origin | 89.6 | 89.9 | 86.4 | Hispanic Origin | 10.4 | 10.1 | 13.6 | Race | | | | White | 81.8 | 82.2 | 80.9 | Black | 5.5 | 5.0 | 12.2 | Asian | 9.3 | 11.2 | 4.3 | Other | 3.4 | 1.5 | 2.5 | Citizenship† | | | | US citizen | 93.0 | 92.8 | 91.1 | Not US citizen | 7.0 | 7.2 | 8.9 | Birth Place† | | | | Born in US | 81.3 | 80.4 | 83.9 | Not Born in US | 18.7 | 19.6 | 16.1 | Highest Education** | | | | <= Grade 12 | 6.9 | 4.4 | 14.8 | High School graduate | 23.9 | 17.5 | 31.4 | Some college | 30.8 | 31.1 | 28.0 | College and above | 38.4 | 47.0 | 25.8 | Health Status†† | | | | Very good-excellent | 51.1 | 52.5 | 61.3 | Poor-good | 48.9 | 47.5 | 38.7 | Region** | | | | Northeast | 16.0 | 19.5 | 17.1 | North Central/Midwest | 20.6 | 15.5 | 24.4 | South | 27.5 | 27.8 | 37.3 | West | 35.9 | 37.2 | 21.2 | Marital Status | | | | Currently Married | 58.2 | 56.6 | 55.6 | Not married | 41.8 | 43.4 | 44.4 |
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Former and recent users: *, **. Former, recent and non-users: †, ††.
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