Table 2 Distribution of utilisation of traditional healers’ services across the explanatory variables
Variables | Ever gone to traditional healers for treatment No (%) n = 434 (84.11%) | Ever gone to traditional healers for treatment Yes (%) n = 82 (15.89%) |
|---|---|---|
Age category | X2 = 1.7056; p = 0.636 | |
50–59 years | 209 (83.94) | 40 (16.06) |
60–69 years | 125 (84.46) | 23 (15.54) |
70–79 years | 63 (80.77) | 15 (19.23) |
80 years and older | 36 (90.00) | 4 (10.00) |
Sex | X2 = 2.7196; p = 0.099 | |
Male | 105 (88.98) | 13 (11.02) |
Female | 329 (82.66) | 69 (17.34) |
Marital status | X2 = 0.1010; p = 0.992 | |
Married | 115 (84.56) | 21 (15.44) |
Separated/divorced | 30 (83.33) | 6 (16.67) |
Never married | 115 (84.56) | 21 (15.44) |
Widowed | 173 (83.57) | 34 (16.43) |
Employment status | X2 = 0.0329; p = 0.856 | |
Not working | 393 (84.33) | 73 (15.67) |
Working | 40 (83.33) | 8 (16.67) |
Wealth index | X2 = 4.4074; p = 0.354 | |
Poorest | 82 (81.19) | 19 (18.81) |
Poorer | 86 (85.15) | 15 (14.85) |
Middle | 82 (80.39) | 20 (19.61) |
Richer | 87 (84.47) | 16 (15.53) |
Richest | 90 (90.00) | 10 (10.00) |
Ever diagnosed: depression | X2 = 2.1775; p = 0.140 | |
No | 408 (84.82) | 73 (15.18) |
Yes | 24 (75.00) | 8 (25.00) |
Ever diagnosed: hypertension | X2 = 6.0825; p = 0.014 | |
No | 228 (88.03) | 31 (11.97) |
Yes | 205 (80.08) | 51 (19.92) |
Ever diagnosed: heart disease | X2 = 0.1267; p = 0.722 | |
No | 425 (84.16) | 80 (15.84) |
Yes | 8 (80.00) | 2 (20.00) |
Ever diagnosed: arthritis | X2 = 1.1015; p = 0.294 | |
No | 334 (84.99) | 59 (15.01) |
Yes | 98 (80.99) | 23 (19.01) |
Ever diagnosed: diabetes | X2 = 0.0552; p = 0.814 | |
No | 398 (83.97) | 76 (16.03) |
Yes | 35 (85.37) | 6 (14.63) |
Ever diagnosed: cancer | X2 = 0.0023; p = 0.962 | |
No | 427 (84.06) | 81 (15.94) |
Yes | 5 (83.33) | 1 (16.67) |
Ever diagnosed: stroke | X2 = 0.7866; p = 0.375 | |
No | 415 (84.35) | 77 (15.65) |
Yes | 17 (77.27) | 5 (22.73) |
Fruit servings consumed | X2 = 13.4833; p = 0.004 | |
< 2 servings | 126 (87.50) | 18 (12.50) |
2 servings | 161 (83.42) | 32 (16.58) |
3 servings | 116 (86.57) | 18 (13.43) |
4 + servings | 12 (57.14) | 9 (42.86) |
Vegetable servings consumed | X2 = 0.3617; p = 0.835 | |
< 2 servings | 234 (83.27) | 47 (16.73) |
2 servings | 118 (85.51) | 20 (14.49) |
3 + servings | 82 (84.54) | 15 (15.46) |
Tobacco consumption | X2 = 0.0078; p = 0.929 | |
No | 378 (84.19) | 71 (15.81) |
Yes | 55 (84.62) | 10 (15.38) |
Alcohol consumption | X2 = 0.2403; p = 0.624 | |
No | 338 (83.66) | 66 (16.34) |
Yes | 95 (85.59) | 16 (14.41) |
Clinic visits | X2 = 10.5403; p = 0.014 | |
No visit | 14 (63.64) | 8 (36.36) |
Once or twice | 60 (84.51) | 11 (15.49) |
Three to six times | 119 (80.95) | 28 (19.05) |
More than six times | 210 (87.87) | 29 (12.13) |