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Health Survey Findings
Table 234: How often do you use a healer or curing person for an illness or sickness?
(Questionnaire item C2_19)
Never Rarely Sometimes Most times Every time n
Total ROI 39.4% 13.5% 23.0% 11.1% 13.0% 1,636
NI 35.3% 12.2% 20.3% 16.9% 15.3% 385
Male ROI 42.2% 14.0% 19.3% 10.9% 13.6% 699
NI 37.6% 13.2% 21.0% 13.2% 15.1% 205
Female ROI 37.2% 13.1% 25.8% 11.2% 12.6% 937
NI 32.8% 11.1% 19.4% 21.1% 15.6% 180
Under 30 ROI 41.2% 12.6% 21.9% 11.3% 13.0% 745
NI 40.3% 11.7% 18.9% 13.6% 15.5% 206
30-44 ROI 40.6% 13.6% 23.6% 9.5% 12.6% 419
NI 29.6% 15.7% 23.1% 19.4% 12.0% 108
45 + ROI 35.0% 14.2% 24.6% 11.7% 14.5% 386
NI 29.6% 8.5% 19.7% 22.5% 19.7% 71
Table 235: For those who would use a healer or curing person for an illness or sickness only
- which of the following sicknesses/ illnesses would you go to a healer for?
(Questionnaire item C2_20)
ROI
n=990
NI
n=246
Thrush 45.9% 28.9%
Infectious diseases 19.5% 15.9%
Eczema 54.7% 38.6%
Arthritis 44.9% 41.9%
Aches & pains 52.0% 60.2%
Burns 51.9% 57.7%
Flu/chest 20.4% 29.7%
Asthma 47.9% 30.1%
Depression/Worries 52.0% 46.3%
Other 17.5% 18.3%
185