Table 3 The distribution of individuals who sought outpatient and inpatient carea by sociodemographic characteristics (n = 14,443)
From: Sociodemographic patterns of health insurance coverage in Namibia
Sociodemographic characteristics | Sought Outpatient care No. (%) | Sought Inpatient care No. (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | p | No | Yes | p | |
Health insurance | ||||||
 No | 10,916 (91.6) | 1005 (8.4) | < 0.001 | 11,440 (96.0) | 481 (4.0) | < 0.001 |
 Yes | 2172 (86.1) | 350 (13.9) |  | 2378 (94.3) | 144 (5.7) |  |
Sex | ||||||
 Men | 4119 (92.4) | 339 (7.6) | < 0.001 | 4343 (97.4) | 115 (2.6) | < 0.001 |
 Women | 8969 (89.8) | 1016 (10.2) |  | 9475 (94.9) | 510 (5.1) |  |
Age group | ||||||
 15–19 | 2616 (95.7) | 118 (4.3) | < 0.001 | 2670 (97.7) | 64 (2.3) | < 0.001 |
 20–24 | 2338 (94.1) | 147 (5.9) |  | 2393 (96.3) | 92 (3.7) |  |
 25–29 | 1913 (91.1) | 187 (8.9) |  | 1985 (94.5) | 115 (5.5) |  |
 30–34 | 1579 (89.3) | 190 (10.7) |  | 1665 (94.1) | 104 (5.9) |  |
 35–39 | 1424 (89.6) | 165 (10.4) |  | 1510 (95.0) | 79 (5.0) |  |
 40–44 | 1178 (87.8) | 163 (12.2) |  | 1277 (95.2) | 64 (4.8) |  |
 45–49 | 898 (85.0) | 158 (15.0) |  | 1011 (95.7) | 45 (4.3) |  |
 50–64 | 1142 (83.4) | 227 (16.6) |  | 1307 (95.5) | 62 (4.5) |  |
Education level | ||||||
 No education | 1111 (91.6) | 102 (8.4) | < 0.001 | 1180 (97.3) | 33 (2.7) | 0.014 |
 Primary | 3133 (90.3) | 337 (9.7) |  | 3323 (95.8) | 147 (4.2) |  |
 Secondary | 7916 (91.1) | 772 (8.9) |  | 8300 (95.5) | 388 (4.5) |  |
 Higher | 928 (86.6) | 144 (13.4) |  | 1015 (94.7) | 57 (5.3) |  |
Wealth quintile | ||||||
 Lowest | 2086 (90.7) | 215 (9.3) | < 0.001 | 2207 (95.9) | 94 (4.1) | 0.878 |
 Second | 2446 (91.3) | 232 (8.7) |  | 2557 (95.5) | 121 (4.5) |  |
 Middle | 2795 (91.7) | 253 (8.3) |  | 2919 (95.8) | 129 (4.2) |  |
 Fourth | 3074 (90.9) | 307 (9.1) |  | 3227 (95.5) | 154 (4.6) |  |
 Highest | 2687 (88.5) | 348 (11.5) |  | 2908 (95.8) | 127 (4.2) |  |
Residence type | ||||||
 Urban | 6643 (90.4) | 708 (9.6) | 0.295 | 7012 (95.4) | 339 (4.6) | 0.087 |
 Rural | 6445 (90.9) | 647 (9.1) |  | 6806 (96.0) | 286 (4.0) |  |
Marital status | ||||||
 Never married | 7406 (93.2) | 541 (6.8) | < 0.001 | 7672 (96.5) | 275 (3.5) | < 0.001 |
 Currently married | 2681 (86.7) | 412 (13.3) |  | 2931 (94.8) | 162 (5.2) |  |
 Living with partner | 2129 (90.7) | 218 (9.3) |  | 2211 (94.2) | 136 (5.8) |  |
 Formerly/ever married | 872 (82.6) | 184 (17.4) |  | 1004 (95.1) | 52 (4.9) |  |
Occupation | ||||||
 Professional | 4500 (88.4) | 592 (11.6) | < 0.001 | 4841 (95.1) | 251 (4.9) | 0.047 |
 Agricultural | 580 (90.1) | 64 (9.9) |  | 622 (96.6) | 22 (3.4) |  |
 Manual | 1313 (91.5) | 122 (8.5) |  | 1382 (96.3) | 53 (3.7) |  |
 Unemployed | 6695 (92.1) | 577 (7.9) |  | 6973 (95.9) | 299 (4.1) |  |
Total | 13,088 (90.6) | 1355 (9.4) | Â | 13,818 (95.7) | 625 (4.3) | Â |