Willingness to pay for social health insurance among informal sector workers in Wuhan, China: a contingent valuation study

Table 3 Willingness to pay for basic health insurance by respondents' characteristics

	WTP for baseline BHI		WTP for BHI without ceiling		WTP for BHI without deductible		WTP for BHI without coinsurance
	Mean	95% CI	Mean	95% CI	Mean	95% CI	Mean	95% CI
Age group (years)
18–30	33	28–39	55	45–64	51	37–66	51	36–65
31–40	31	26–35	53	45–61	42	36–48	47	39–55
41–50	24	20–28	42	34–50	36	27–44	46	29–64
51–60	26	19–33	45	34–57	34	25–42	39	29–50
Sex
Female	33	29–38	55	47–64	50	39–61	55	42–67
Male	26	23–29	46	41–51	37	33–41	40	35–45
Educational attainment
Elementary school or below	20	15–24	32	25–39	25	20–31	29	22–35
Above elementary school but not above middle school	27	23–31	46	39–53	39	33–45	42	34–50
Above middle school but not above high school	34	29–39	57	48–66	52	38–65	56	41–71
Above high school	39	30–48	70	55–86	53	43–64	60	44–75
Monthly income (RMB)
0–499	15	12–19	26	20–32	23	17–28	22	17–27
500–999	25	23–28	42	38–47	35	32–39	39	34–43
1000 and above	53	44–61	91	75–106	80	58–102	88	63–114
Migration status
Resident	32	28–35	53	48–59	45	38–53	51	42–59
Migrant	23	19–27	41	33–48	35	29–41	34	28–41
Employment status
Temporary employment	19	16–23	33	26–39	27	23–32	27	22–32
Permanent employment	32	29–36	55	49–61	47	40–54	52	44–61
Average monthly health expenditure in the past year (RMB)
0–99	29	26–32	48	43–53	42	36–48	45	38–52
100 and above	45	34–57	92	70–115	64	49–80	83	58–108

WTP = willingness to pay, BHI = basic health insurance, CI = confidence interval, RMB = Renminbi

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