Table 2 Bivariate analysis for associations between health insurance ownership and explanatory variables
Covered by health insurance | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Total number | N (%) | p-values |
Employment sector | |||
Formal employment | 2,114 | 353 (16.7) | *** |
Informal employment | 2,565 | 102 (4.0) | |
Not working | 3,735 | 147 (3.9) | |
Marital status | |||
Never married | 2,538 | 158 (6.2) | *** |
Married | 5,035 | 411 (8.2) | |
Formerly married | 862 | 35 (4.1) | |
Education | |||
No education | 1,239 | 6 (0.5) | *** |
Primary | 4,400 | 100 (2.3) | |
Secondary or higher | 2,796 | 498 (17.8) | |
Exposure to media | |||
Frequency of reading newspaper | |||
Not all | 4,913 | 1.9 | *** |
Sometimes | 2,948 | 10.6 | |
Almost everyday | 566 | 35.0 | |
Frequency of listening to radio | |||
Not all | 1,551 | 18.4 | *** |
Sometimes | 2,004 | 23.8 | |
Almost everyday | 4,877 | 57.8 | |
Frequency of watching television | |||
Not all | 4,595 | 1.7 | *** |
Sometimes | 1,636 | 6.2 | |
Almost everyday | 2,202 | 19.3 | |
Age (Years) | |||
15-19 | 1,765 | 53 (3.0) | *** |
20-24 | 1,742 | 86 (4.9) | |
25-29 | 1,422 | 123 (8.7) | |
30-34 | 1,178 | 118 (10.0) | |
35-39 | 930 | 91 (9.8) | |
40-44 | 729 | 72 (9.9) | |
45-49 | 669 | 61 (9.1) | |
Gender of household head | |||
Male | 5,345 | 393 (7.4) | 0.368 |
Female | 3,090 | 211 (6.8) | |
Number of household members | |||
1-4 members | 3,360 | 305 (9.1) | *** |
5+ members | 5,075 | 299 (5.9) | |
Household wealth status | |||
Poorest/poorer | 2,977 | 18 (0.6) | *** |
Middle | 1,455 | 44 (3.0) | |
Richer/richest | 4,003 | 542 (13.5) | |
Place of residence | |||
Urban | 2,611 | 395 (15.1) | *** |
Rural | 5,824 | 209 (3.6) | |
Province | |||
Central | 972 | 40 (4.1) | *** |
Coast | 1,149 | 67 (5.8) | |
Eastern | 1,127 | 62 (5.5) | |
North Eastern | 606 | 1 (0.2) | |
Nairobi | 951 | 230 (24.2) | |
Nyanza | 1,316 | 82 (6.2) | |
Rift Valley | 1,276 | 84 (6.6) | |
Western | 1,038 | 38 (3.7) | |
Total | 8,444 | 604 (7.2) | |