Table 2 Frequency of herbal treatment of candidiasis in relation to herbalists’ socio-demographics
Characteristics | Categories | Daily | Once a week | Twice a week | Thrice a week | After 2 weeks | Monthly | Chi-square (χ2) | df | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Female | 7 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 1.649 | 5 | 0.895 |
Male | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Age (years) | 18–35 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6.852 | 10 | 0.739 |
36–55 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||||
> 55 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||||
Education level | None | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7.292 | 10 | 0.698 |
Primary | 6 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | ||||
Secondary | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Main occupation | Crop farming | 7 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 1.85 | 5 | 0.869 |
Others | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Marital status | Single | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.208 | 15 | 0.806 |
Divorced | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Widowed | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Married | 6 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | ||||
Religious affiliation | Roman catholic | 8 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 11.628 | 10 | 0.307 |
Anglican | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Pentecostal | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Overall frequency of treatment of candidiasis | 8 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 42.429 | 5 | 0.000 | |