Determinants of National Health Insurance enrolment in Ghana across the life course: Are the results consistent between surveys?

Table 3 Logistic regression results: Odds ratio of NHIS coverage among adults aged 18-49

		SAGE				GLSS
		Odds Ratio		95% CI		Odds Ratio		95% CI
Sex	Male	1.00				1.00
Sex	Female	0.80		0.50	1.29	1.99	***	1.86	2.13
Marital Status	Married	1.00				1.00
	Separated/Divorced	1.10		0.52	2.33	0.80	*	0.69	0.93
	Widowed	1.12		0.42	3.02	1.07		0.82	1.39
	Never married	0.66		0.27	1.59	0.98		0.88	1.09
Education	None	1.00				1.00
	Primary	2.01	*	1.12	3.61	1.45	***	1.29	1.62
	Secondary	1.29		0.70	2.37	2.45	***	2.13	2.83
	Tertiary	6.84	**	1.89	24.79	2.84	***	2.34	3.44
Age	18-29	1.00				1.00
	30-39	1.19		0.57	2.47	1.03		0.94	1.13
	40-49	1.17		0.58	2.38	1.22	***	1.10	1.36
Employment status	Not employed in public sector	1.00				1.00
Employment status	Employed in public sector	5.26	***	2.32	11.91	2.02	***	1.67	2.45
Wealth	Lower third	1.00				1.00
	Middle third	3.61	**	1.53	8.50	1.47	***	1.29	1.68
	Upper third	4.65	**	1.89	11.41	1.71	***	1.44	2.02
Region	Greater Accra	1.00				1.00
	Western	4.17	**	1.58	10.99	1.38		0.98	1.96
	Central	2.94	*	1.01	8.53	0.98		0.71	1.35
	Volta	2.19		0.65	7.38	1.71	**	1.26	2.32
	Eastern	4.45	**	1.69	11.71	1.92	***	1.39	2.66
	Ashanti	3.37	**	1.38	8.20	1.73	**	1.27	2.37
	Brong Ahafo	5.35	**	1.84	15.54	2.90	***	2.11	3.98
	Northern	9.66	***	2.89	32.27	1.83	**	1.29	2.60
	Upper East	11.97	**	2.47	58.02	6.81	***	4.65	9.97
	Upper West	47.19	***	13.40	166.19	9.02	***	6.06	13.43
Residence	Rural	1.00				1.00
Residence	Urban	1.51		0.87	2.61	1.14		0.97	1.32
N		789				28,316

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