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Table 1 Basic characteristics of respondents, GEHIP baseline survey 2011

From: Is Ghana’s pro-poor health insurance scheme really for the poor? Evidence from Northern Ghana

Variable

Response options

Insured

Uninsured

p-value

Total N = 5469

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Location

Rural

1,812

38.1

2,947

61.9

 

4,759

Urban

376

53.0

334

47.0

<0.001

710

District

Bawku East

449

44.7

556

55.3

 

1,005

Bawku West

161

28.1

413

71.9

<0.001

574

Bolgatanga

252

53.1

223

46.9

 

475

Bongo

238

38.3

384

61.7

 

622

Builsa

477

51.4

451

48.6

 

928

Garu-Tempane

356

30.4

816

69.6

 

1,172

Talensi-Nabdan

255

36.8

438

63.2

 

693

Education

None

1,239

37.3

2,085

62.7

<0.001

3,324

Primary/JSS

766

41.1

1,099

58.9

 

1,865

Sec/tertiary

183

65.4

97

34.6

 

280

Age

15–17

431

35.8

774

64.2

<0.001

1,205

18–29

1,074

44.2

1,356

55.9

 

2,430

30–49

683

37.2

1,356

62.8

 

1,834

Marital status

Married

1,519

41.3

2,157

58.7

0.005

3,676

Not Married

669

37.3

1,124

62.7

 

1,793

Socio-economic status of household

Quintile 1 (poorest)

383

33.9

746

66.1

 

1,129

Quintile 2

429

36.9

733

63.1

 

1,162

Quintile 3

389

33.3

780

66.7

<0.001

1,169

Quintile 4

369

38.9

580

61.1

 

949

Quintile 5 (richest)

618

58.3

442

41.7

 

1,060

Autonomy

Yes

1,112

39.6

1,699

60.4

0.486

2,811

No

1,076

40.5

1,582

59.5

 

2,658

No of children

0

560

36.8

962

63.2

 

1,522

1–4

1,045

46.1

1,221

53.9

<0.001

2,266

5+

583

34.7

1,221

65.3

 

1,681

Occupation

Farmer/trader

1,718

39.5

2,629

60.5

 

4,347

Civil servant

57

72.2

22

27.9

<0.001

79

Student

413

39.6

630

60.4

 

1,043