Risk-taking in consumers’ online purchases of health supplements and natural products: a grounded theory approach

Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the participants

Participant	Sex^a	Age in years	Ethnicity^b	Educational level	Occupation	Health status^c	Type of online product purchased
P 01	F	33	C	Tertiary	Civil servant	Healthy	Health supplement
P 02	F	29	C	Tertiary	Self-employed	Healthy	Health supplement
P 03	F	34	M	Tertiary	Civil servant	Healthy	Health supplement and natural product
P 04	M	30	C	Tertiary	Private employee	Healthy	Health supplement
P 05	F	66	C	Tertiary	Retired	NCD	Health supplement
P 06	F	30	M	Tertiary	Civil servant	Healthy	Health supplement
P 07	F	43	C	Tertiary	Housemaker	Healthy	Health supplement
P 08	F	31	C	Tertiary	Private employee	Healthy	Health supplement
P 09	F	50	C	Tertiary	Private employee	Healthy	Health supplement
P 10	M	35	M	Tertiary	Civil servant	Healthy	Natural product
P 11	F	24	I	Tertiary	Civil servant	Healthy	Health supplement
P 12	F	45	C	Tertiary	Private employee	Healthy	Health supplement
P 13	M	40	C	Tertiary	Private employee	Healthy	Health supplement
P 14	M	31	C	Tertiary	Private employee	Healthy	Health supplement
P 15	F	50	C	Secondary	Private employee	NCD	Natural product
P 16	F	32	C	Tertiary	Private employee	Healthy	Health supplement
P 17	M	74	C	Secondary	Self-employed	NCD	Health supplement
P 18	F	79	C	Tertiary	Retired	NCD	Health supplement

^aM male, F female; ^bM Malay, C Chinese, I Indian; ^cNCD non-communicable disease

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