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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants, the association between the use of herbal medicines and respondents’ characteristics (n = 378)

From: Herbal medicines: a cross-sectional study to evaluate the prevalence and predictors of use among Jordanian adults

Characteristic

Total N(%)

Used Herbal Products n(%)

Chi square P-value

Gender

 Male

115 (30.4)

87 (85.6)

>  0.05

 Female

263 (69.6)

216 (82.1)

Age*

 15–25

187 (49.5)

148 (79.6)

< 0.05

 26–35

69 (18.3)

49 (72.1)

 36–45

54 (14.3)

47 (87.0)

 46–55

44 (11.6)

41 (93.1)

  > 55

23 (6.1)

18 (78.3)

Marital Status

 Single

200(52.9)

157 (79.3)

> 0.05

 Married

169 (44.7)

139 (82.2)

 Divorced

8 (2.1)

6 (75.0)

Education

 Uneducated

27 (7.1)

25 (92.6)

> 0.05

 Post Graduate

45 (11.9)

34 (75.6)

 Bachelor Degree

157 (41.5)

126 (80.8)

 College

81 (21.4)

62 (76.5)

 High school

65 (17.2)

54 (84.4)

Occupation

 Unemployed

52 (13.8)

38 (74.5)

> 0.05

 Professional

104 (27.5)

84 (81.6)

 Student

134 (35.4)

105 (78.4)

 Housewife

53 (14.0)

46 (86.8)

 Retired

29 (7.7)

25 (86.2)

Residence

 Amman

147 (38.9)

117 (79.6)

> 0.05

 Zarqaa

158 (41.8)

129 (82.7)

 Others

73 (19.3)

56 (86.7)

Income

 500 JD#

178 (47.1)

142 (80.7)

> 0.05

 500–1000 JD

148 (39.2)

123 (83.1)

  > 1000 JD

30 (7.9)

24 (80.0)

  1. #1 JD = 1.4 USD
  2. *P-value is ≤ 0.05