From: Determinants of access to healthcare by older persons in Uganda: a cross-sectional study
Percent (%) | Frequency | % Accessed healthcare | p-value | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | 0.304 | |||
Female | 56.6 | 837 | 74.6 | |
Male | 43.4 | 641 | 77.1 | |
Age group | 0.000 | |||
50-59 | 40.2 | 594 | 78.9 | |
60-69 | 28.1 | 416 | 80.7 | |
70-79 | 21.2 | 313 | 69.7 | |
80+ | 10.5 | 155 | 62.0 | |
Region | 0.055 | |||
Central | 24.0 | 354 | 72.6 | |
Eastern | 32.9 | 486 | 78.7 | |
Northern | 19.4 | 287 | 78.9 | |
Western | 23.7 | 350 | 71.9 | |
Place of residence | 0.129 | |||
Rural | 91.8 | 1357 | 75.1 | |
Urban | 8.2 | 121 | 82.2 | |
Living alone | 0.003 | |||
No | 89.4 | 1321 | 76.9 | |
Yes | 10.6 | 157 | 65.3 | |
Relationship to household head | 0.383 | |||
Head | 71.6 | 1058 | 76.1 | |
Spouse | 18.8 | 277 | 76.7 | |
Relative | 9.6 | 143 | 70.8 | |
Marital status | 0.027 | |||
Married | 55.2 | 815 | 78.6 | |
Divorced/separated | 10.7 | 158 | 71.8 | |
Widowed | 34.1 | 504 | 72.3 | |
Education level | 0.346 | |||
None | 68.3 | 1009 | 76.4 | |
Primary | 24.6 | 363 | 72.8 | |
Secondary or higher | 7.1 | 105 | 78.5 | |
Religion | 0.513 | |||
Catholic | 46.0 | 680 | 74.2 | |
Anglican | 35.1 | 519 | 77.1 | |
Muslim | 9.5 | 140 | 81.1 | |
Pentecostal | 7.0 | 103 | 72.1 | |
Seventh Day Adventists & others | 2.4 | 36 | 72.8 | |
Poverty status | 0.004 | |||
Non-poor | 77.6 | 1146 | 77.5 | |
Poor | 22.4 | 331 | 69.4 | |
Household owns land | 0.476 | |||
No | 10.8 | 160 | 73.2 | |
Yes | 89.2 | 1318 | 76.0 | |
Household owns bicycle as transport means | 0.001 | |||
No | 62.8 | 928 | 72.8 | |
Yes | 37.2 | 549 | 80.6 | |
Household source of earnings | 0.040 | |||
Farming | 60.8 | 898 | 74.8 | |
Wages | 24.3 | 359 | 80.5 | |
Remittances | 14.9 | 220 | 71.2 | |
Total | 100.0 | 1478 | 75.7 |