Table 2 Association between demographics and TM use
Traditional Medicines utilisation | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Didn’t use TM | Used TM | Fisher Exact | MLR-OR | MLR-95% CI | MLR P-value | ||
Age | Freq | % | Freq | % | 0.011* | Â | Â | Â |
 15–19* | 33 | 25.98 | 5 | 10.00 | *** |  |  | |
 20–24 | 26 | 20.47 | 7 | 14.00 | 1.78 | 0.51–6.25 | 0.37 | |
 25–29 | 25 | 19.69 | 9 | 18.00 | 2.38 | 0.71–7.97 | 0.16 | |
 30–34 | 18 | 14.17 | 8 | 16.00 | 2.93 | 0.84–10.30 | 0.09 | |
 35–39 | 18 | 14.17 | 9 | 18.00 | 3.30 | 0.96–11.35 | 0.06 | |
 40–44 | 5 | 3.94 | 7 | 14.00 | 9.24 | 2.10–40.75 | < 0.01* | |
 45–49 | 2 | 1.57 | 4 | 8.00 | 13.2 | 1.90–91.91 | < 0.01* | |
 50–54 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 | 1.00 | 1 |  |  | |
Marital Status | ||||||||
 Single* | 18 | 14.17 | 7 | 14.00 | 0.853 | *** |  |  |
 In a relationship | 45 | 35.43 | 14 | 28.00 | 0.80 | 0.28–2.31 | 0.68 | |
 Married | 42 | 33.07 | 18 | 36.00 | 1.10 | 0.39–3.10 | 0.85 | |
 Widowed | 7 | 5.51 | 5 | 10.00 | 1.84 | 0.43–7.77 | 0.41 | |
 Divorced | 6 | 4.72 | 2 | 4.00 | 0.86 | 0.14–5.31 | 0.87 | |
 Cohabiting | 9 | 7.09 | 4 | 8.00 | 1.14 | 0.26–4.95 | 0.86 | |
Tribe | ||||||||
 Ndebele*** | 58 | 45.67 | 18 | 36.00 | 0.349 | *** |  |  |
 Shona | 14 | 11.02 | 4 | 8.00 | 0.92 | 0.27–3.15 | 0.90 | |
 Kalanga | 50 | 39.37 | 24 | 48.00 | 1.55 | 0.75–3.17 | 0.23 | |
 Tonga | 3 | 2.36 | 1 | 2.00 | 1.07 | 0.11–10.97 | 0.95 | |
 Other | 2 | 1.57 | 3 | 6.00 | 4.83 | 0.75–31.23 | 0.10 | |
Religion | ||||||||
 Christian*** | 104 | 81.89 | 35 | 70.00 | 0.002* | *** |  |  |
 Traditional | 11 | 8.66 | 14 | 28.00 | 3.78 | 1.57–9.10 | < 0.01* | |
 None | 12 | 9.45 | 1 | 2.00 | 0.25 | 0.03–1.97 | 0.19 | |
Level of education | ||||||||
 Primary*** | 35 | 27.56 | 13 | 26.00 | 0.342 | *** |  |  |
 O’level | 54 | 42.52 | 24 | 48.00 | 1.20 | 0.54–2.66 | 0.66 | |
 A’level | 23 | 18.11 | 8 | 16.00 | 0.94 | 0.34–2.61 | 0.90 | |
 Tertiary | 11 | 8.66 | 1 | 2.00 | 0.24 | 0.03–2.09 | 0.20 | |
 Never attended school | 4 | 3.15 | 4 | 8.00 | 2.69 | 0.59–12.37 | 0.20 | |
Employment status | ||||||||
 Employed | 22 | 17.32 | 12 | 24.00 | 0.495 | *** |  |  |
 Self Employed | 23 | 18.11 | 10 | 20.00 | 0.80 | 0.29–2.22 | 0.66 | |
 Unemployed | 82 | 64.57 | 28 | 56.00 | 0.63 | 0.27–1.43 | 0.26 | |
Place of delivery | ||||||||
 Hospital | 99 | 77.95 | 32 | 64.00 | 0.086 | *** |  |  |
 Home | 28 | 22.05 | 18 | 36.00 | 1.99 | 0.97–4.06 | 0.06 | |
First Child | ||||||||
 Yes | 47 | 37.01 | 6 | 12.00 | 0.001* | *** |  |  |
 No | 80 | 62.99 | 44 | 88.00 | 4.46 | 1.77–11.24 | < 0.01* | |
Parity | ||||||||
 1 | 48 | 37.80 | 6 | 12.00 | 0.002* | *** |  |  |
 2–5 | 75 | 59.06 | 39 | 78.00 | 4.16 | 1.64–10.57 | < 0.01* | |
 6> | 4 | 3.15 | 5 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 2.09–47.82 | < 0.01* | |