*3.2. The Demographics of the Parents and Their Children's TKM Use Reported by Parents*

Differences in the children's demographics were assessed based on their (or their parents) experience with TKM (Table 2). Interestingly, female participants were more likely to have children with experience of using TKM (*p* = 0.029). Furthermore, the chance of having a child with experience of using TKM was higher in Chungcheong (*n* = 116, 13.3%) and Gyeongsang (*n* = 225, 25.8%) areas compared to the capital area (*n* = 371, 42.5%). Participants in their 50 s (50 to 60 years or older) showed a higher value compared to

participants that were 40 years old or younger (30 to 40 years or younger) (*p* = 0.042). There was also no difference in employment status in terms of the children's TKM usage reported by parents. No tendency of significance was observed with the household income as well. Participants with higher education levels (university or higher education) were more likely to answer that their children had experienced using TKM. However, the difference was not statistically significant. As for the types of government health care coverage, the groups without a child who experienced using TKM had a higher rate of having workplace health insurance coverage. Similarly, the group with children with experience of using TKM had a higher rate of having private medical insurance. However, these differences were non-statistically significant. Additionally, no significant differences were observed based on household income or area of residence.

**Table 2.** Characteristics of the study population from the survey with and without traditional Korean medicine (TKM) experience of children.

