Table 1 Participant characteristics

Gender

Male

44

16.2

Female

228

83.8

Age

<20

12

4.4

20-29

37

13.6

30-39

60

22.1

40-49

61

22.4

50-59

58

21.3

60-69

26

9.6

70-79

16

5.9

>79

2

0.7

Highest Education Attained

Never received formal education/attended kindergarten

2

0.7

Completed primary school

42

15.4

Completed junior high school

60

22.1

Completed high school

94

34.6

Completed post-secondary education

29

10.7

Completed undergraduate education

31

11.4

Completed postgraduate education

14

5.1

Marital Status

Never married

84

30.9

Married

155

57.0

Widowed

8

2.9

Divorced/Separated

21

7.7

Refused to answer

4

1.5

Employment status

Employed full time

104

38.2

Employed part time

29

10.7

Unemployed

136

50.0

Refused to answer

3

1.1

Current attendance to full time education course

Yes

23

8.4

No

239

87.9

Refused to answer

10

3.7

Self reported chronic disease status as diagnosed by a western allopathic doctor

Hypertension

45

16.5

Diabetes

19

7.0

Any heart diseases

16

5.9

Stroke

11

4.0

Asthma, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, or other chronic respiratory diseases

31

11.4

Arthritis or any other chronic joint diseases

72

26.5

Depression, anxiety disorder or any other psychiatric diseases

41

15.1

Health services utilization in the past month

Attended Chinese medicine consultation

222

81.6

Attended western medicine consultation

134

49.3