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Table 1 Weighted percentages of demographic, socioeconomic and health characteristics

From: Is healthcare really equal for all? Assessing the horizontal and vertical equity in healthcare utilisation among older Ghanaians

Characteristic (N)

Male %

Female %

Total % (n)

p-value

Age in years (4304)

 50–59

40.57

38.86

39.76 (1711)

0.45

 60–69

26.94

28.06

27.47 (1182)

 70–79

22.25

23.97

23.07 (993)

 80+

10.24

9.11

9.70 (418)

Residence (4304)

 Rural

59.31

58.44

58.9 (2535)

0.67

 Urban

40.69

41.56

41.1 (1769)

Education level (4278)

 None

43.38

65.48

53.91 (2306)

0.00

 Primary

22.50

20.10

21.36 (914)

 Secondary

29.04

12.42

21.12 (904)

 Tertiary

5.09

1.99

3.61 (154)

Wealth quintile (4299)

 1 (Lowest)

16.32

20.31

18.22 (783)

0.00

 2

17.22

21.16

19.09 (821)

 3

19.61

21.41

20.46 (880)

 4

21.52

19.72

20.66 (888)

 5 (Highest)

25.34

17.4

21.56 (927)

Health insurance (4303)

 No

61.08

62.63

61.82 (2660)

0.46

 Yes

38.92

37.37

38.18 (1643)

Outpatient use (4142)

 No

41.41

34.4

38.02 (1575)

0.00

 Yes

58.59

65.6

61.98 (2567)

Inpatient use (4103)

 No

87.81

89.99

88.86 (3646)

0.07

 Yes

12.19

10.01

11.14 (457)

Healthcare facility type (3954)

 Public

49.54

55.51

52.41 (2072)

0.02

 Private

14.86

12.61

13.78 (545)

 Charity

4.46

5.03

4.73 (187)

 aOthers

25.38

22.16

23.83 (942)

 Over 3 yrs

5.77

4.69

5.25 (208)

Health status (4300)

 Very good

4.86

3.09

4.02 (173)

0.00

 Good

41.52

32.46

37.21 (1600)

 Moderate

38.9

44.68

41.65 (1791)

 Bad

12.78

17.16

14.86 (639)

 Very Bad

1.94

2.61

2.261 (97)

Morbidity (4304)

 None

63.05

52.07

57.83 (2489)

0.00

 Single

27.88

31.16

29.41 (1266)

 Comorbidity

9.12

16.78

12.76 (549)

  1. aOthers -refers to other health services like pharmacy and traditional medicine; (N) – total sample size analysed