A nurse is reviewing research related to use of complementary and alternative therapies medicine. The nurse discovers that the people most likely to use complementary and alternative therapies medicine are:
1. Affluent middle-aged men.
2. Affluent middle-aged women.
3. Elderly women who are middle-class.
4. Women in their twenties who are middle-class.
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Rationale:
1. Middle-aged men who are affluent use complementary therapies less than affluent middle-aged women do. Eighty percent of all people who do use them also use conventional medicine.
2. Research suggests that middle-aged women who are affluent use complementary medicine most often. Eighty percent of all people who do use them also use conventional medicine.
3. Elderly women who are middle-class use complementary therapies less than affluent middle-aged women do. Eighty percent of all people who do use them also use conventional medicine.
4. Women in their twenties who are middle-class use complementary therapies less than affluent middle-aged women do. Eighty percent of all people who do use them also use conventional medicine.
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