Table 2 Socio-economic and demographic characteristics of insured and uninsured patients
Characteristics | Insured | Uninsured | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency | Mean | Frequency | Mean | |||
No. | % | No. | % | |||
Sex | ||||||
Male | 195 | 36 | 139 | 51 | ||
Female | 349 | 64 | 135 | 49 | ||
Marital status | ||||||
Unmarried | 151 | 28 | 107 | 39 | ||
Married | 389 | 72 | 163 | 61 | ||
Educational | ||||||
None | 121 | 22 | 72 | 26 | ||
Primary-JHS | 242 | 45 | 109 | 40 | ||
Sec/Tech/Vocational | 100 | 18 | 53 | 19 | ||
Tertiary | 80 | 15 | 40 | 15 | ||
Income | ||||||
GH¢100 and below | 226 | 42 | 98 | 36 | ||
GH¢ 101 and above | 154 | 28 | 82 | 30 | ||
No earnings | 163 | 30 | 94 | 34 | ||
Age | 35 | 37 | ||||
Household size | 5.25 | 5.7 | ||||