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

Table 4 Logistic regression results: Odds ratio of NHIS coverage among adults aged 50 plus

		SAGE				GLSS
		Odds Ratio		95% CI		Odds Ratio		95% CI
Sex	Male	1.00				1.00
Sex	Female	1.16		0.94	1.44	1.91	***	1.70	2.15
Marital Status	Married	1.00				1.00
	Separated/Divorced	0.85		0.66	1.09	0.67	***	0.54	0.81
	Widowed	0.85		0.68	1.06	0.76	**	0.64	0.89
	Never married	0.50		0.24	1.06	0.36	***	0.21	0.64
Education	None	1.00				1.00
	Primary	1.40	*	1.06	1.86	1.36	***	1.18	1.56
	Secondary	1.29		0.98	1.70	1.72	***	1.28	2.30
	Tertiary	2.99	***	1.75	5.12	2.43	***	1.70	3.46
Age	50-59	1.00				1.00
	60-69	1.59	***	1.33	1.90	1.48	***	1.30	1.69
	70 plus	2.92	***	2.33	3.65	2.52	***	2.16	2.94
Employment status	Not employed in public sector	1.00				1.00
Employment status	Employed in public sector	1.80	**	1.21	2.70	2.26	***	1.48	3.43
Wealth	Lower third	1.00				1.00
	Middle third	1.65	***	1.28	2.13	1.93	***	1.63	2.29
	Upper third	2.72	***	2.03	3.64	2.86	***	2.23	3.67
Region	Greater Accra	1.00				1.00
	Western	3.84	***	2.33	6.33	2.08	***	1.47	2.94
	Central	1.90	*	1.08	3.34	1.30		0.91	1.85
	Volta	2.79	***	1.71	4.53	2.53	***	1.81	3.52
	Eastern	6.31	***	3.88	10.25	2.92	***	2.10	4.07
	Ashanti	3.05	***	1.88	4.96	2.89	***	2.09	3.99
	Brong Ahafo	6.80	***	3.95	11.71	5.10	***	3.64	7.16
	Northern	3.41	***	1.78	6.52	1.91	**	1.30	2.80
	Upper East	3.27	***	1.70	6.29	6.02	***	3.84	9.45
	Upper West	6.42	***	3.15	13.09	7.62	***	4.92	11.82
Residence	Rural	1.00				1.00
Residence	Urban	1.16		0.88	1.54	1.25	*	1.04	1.49
N		4,216				9,504

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