Table 5: Factors affecting the utilization of traditional medicine practices.

Variable

Why Do You Prefer Traditional Medicine Practices To Other Treatment Modes?

Test Statistics (P - Value)

 

Age

< 25

26-30

31-35

36-40

41-45

Total

 

Occupation

Civil Servant

Trader/Business

Student

Unemployed

Skilled PERSON

Total

 

Education

Primary

Secondary

Tertiary

Postgraduate

Total

 

Family Type

Monogamous

Polygamous

Total

 

Marital Status

Single

Married

Widowed

Divorced

Total

 

Ethnicity

Igbo

Yoruba

Hausa

Others

Total

 

Religion

Christian

Muslim

Traditional

Total

 

Income

< 18000

19000-28000

29000-38000

39000-48000

> 49000

total

 

Number of Children

1

2

3

4

5

> 5

total

Religious

Economic

Social

Cultural

Total

 

 

 

 

X2 = 8.394

df = 12; P = 0.754

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X2 = 6.269

df = 12; P = 0.902

 

 

 

 

 

 

X2 = 4.108

df = 9; P = 0.904

 

 

 

X2 = 3.472

df = 3; P = 0.324

 

 

 

 

X2 = 1.704

df = 3; P = 0.636

 

 

 

 

 

X2 = 3.726

df = 9; P = 0.929

 

 

 

 

X2 = 5.995

df = 3; P = 0.112

 

 

 

 

 

X2 = 17.78

df = 12; P = 0.123

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X2 = 18.37

df = 15; P = 0.244

 

 

1

4

1

1

0

7

 

 

4

3

0

0

0

7

 

 

0

1

5

1

7

 

 

7

0

7

 

 

0

7

0

0

7

 

 

6

1

0

0

7

 

 

6

1

7

 

 

 

0

0

1

1

5

7

 

 

 

1

0

1

4

1

0

7

 

6

11

12

3

3

35

 

 

13

12

5

2

3

35

 

 

1

6

24

4

35

 

 

31

2

33

 

 

0

34

1

0

35

 

 

32

3

0

0

35

 

 

34

0

34

 

 

 

1

8

3

5

18

35

 

 

 

10

10

6

6

1

2

35

 

4

5

2

2

1

14

 

 

4

7

2

1

0

14

 

 

0

2

11

1

14

 

 

14

0

14

 

 

0

14

0

0

14

 

 

13

1

0

0

14

 

 

14

0

14

 

 

 

2

1

3

3

5

14

 

 

 

3

4

3

2

2

0

14

 

5

19

10

2

1

37

 

 

11

18

5

1

3

38

 

 

0

9

21

6

36

 

 

35

0

35

 

 

0

38

0

0

38

 

 

34

2

1

1

38

 

 

37

1

38

 

 

 

1

1

4

3

27

36

 

 

 

18

8

5

4

2

1

38

 

16

39

25

8

5

93

 

 

32

40

12

4

6

94

 

 

1

18

61

12

92

 

 

87

2

89

 

 

0

93

1

0

94

 

 

85

7

1

1

94

 

 

91

2

93

 

 

 

4

10

11

12

55

92

 

 

 

32

22

15

16

6

3

94