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Table 3 Logistic regression odds ratio (95% CI) of CHE for socio economic variable, 2001–2012

From: Impact of out of pocket payments on financial risk protection indicators in a setting with no user fees: the case of Mauritius

Variables

Reference

CHE_10%

CHE_25%

CHE_WHO_40%

P-value

Odds Ratio (95% CI)

P-value

Odds Ratio (95% CI)

P-value

Odds Ratio (95% CI)

Year 2006

(Yes = 1, No = 0)

0.349

1.082 (0.918–1.275)

0.017

1.622 (1.092–2.409)

0.107

1.420 (0.927–2.176)

Year 2012

(Yes = 1, No = 0)

0.000

1.446 (1.245–1.680)

0.000

2.046 (1.413–2.962)

0.043

1.507 (1.013–2.241)

Gender of household head as being female

(Yes = 1, No = 0)

0.475

1.103 (0.843–1.442)

0.364

0.756 (0.414–1.382)

0.368

1.339 (0.709–2.529)

Region as being urban

(Yes = 1, No = 0)

0.000

1.297 (1.143–1.471)

0.228

1.189 (0.898–1.575)

0.254

1.207 (0.874–1.667)

Education level of head of household being secondary and above

(Yes = 1, No = 0)

0.000

1.509 (1.322–1.722)

0.000

1.750 (1.324–2.313)

0.238

1.214 (0.880–1.674)

Head of household being widowed

(Yes = 1, No = 0)

0.143

0.813 (0.615–1.073)

0.101

1.685 (0.904–3.140)

0.676

1.154 (0.589–2.263)

Head of household being divorced

(Yes = 1, No = 0)

0.893

1.035 (0.626–1.712)

0.391

1.576 (0.557–4.461)

0.519

1.456 (0.464–4.567)

Head of household being separated

(Yes = 1, No = 0)

0.018

0.565 (0.352–0.907)

0.932

0.958 (0.356–2.575)

0.637

0.753 (0.231–2.452)

Head of household being single

(Yes = 1, No = 0)

0.704

1.060 (0.784–1.433)

0.321

1.399 (0.721–2.717)

0.736

1.136 (0.541–2.389)

Presence of at least one child of less than 5 years in household

(Yes = 1, No = 0)

0.501

1.054 (0.904–1.229)

0.330

0.832 (0.574–1.205)

0.840

0.958 (0.629–1.458)

Presence of at least one elderly (> 60 years) member in the household

(Yes = 1, No = 0)

0.000

1.522 (1.295–1.789)

0.008

1.606 (1.133–2.277)

0.006

1.756 (1.179–2.615)

Head of household being a homemaker

(Yes = 1, No = 0)

0.124

1.299 (0.931–1.812)

0.031

2.058 (1.069–3.963)

0.006

2.594 (1.318–5.105)

Head of household being retired

(Yes = 1, No = 0)

0.000

1.989 (1.648–2.400)

0.000

2.444 (1.660–3.597)

0.000

3.389 (2.226–5.158)

Head of household being unemployed

(Yes = 1, No = 0)

0.788

1.116 (0.501–2.486)

0.386

0.535 (0.130–2.200)

0.424

0.445 (0.061–3.235)

Head of household having other activity

(Yes = 1, No = 0)

0.003

1.749 (1.214–2.520)

0.060

2.088 (0.970–4.497)

0.000

3.627 (1.809–7.274)

  1. Catastrophic Health Expenditure was taken as dependent variable whereas others taken as independent variables. Significant at p-value < 0.05 levels, CI = Confidence Interval