Table 4 Comparison between participants with health problems and healthy group
From: Health problems and health care seeking behavior among adult backpackers while traveling in Thailand
With health problems (n = 43) | Healthy (n = 377) | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Mean age (years) | 26.4 | 26.3 | 0.37 |
Duration of stay (days) | 23.1 | 8.8 | <0.001* |
Gender | |||
Male | 21 (9.7 %) | 195 (90.3 %) | 0.72 |
Female | 22 (10.8 %) | 182 (89.2 %) | |
Nationality | |||
Asian | 2 (4.5 %) | 42 (95.5 %) | 0.29 |
Non-Asian | 41 (10.9 %) | 335 (89.1 %) | |
Travel purpose | |||
Tourism | 42 (10.4 %) | 360 (89.6 %) | 1.00 |
Non-tourism | 1 (5.6 %) | 17 (94.4 %) | |
Pre-travel counselling | |||
Yes | 29 (11.8 %) | 216 (88.2 %) | 0.20 |
No | 14 (8.0 %) | 161 (92.0 %) | |