Determinants of access to healthcare by older persons in Uganda: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Distribution of sick older persons by demographic, socio-economic factors and access to healthcare in Uganda

	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

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