The state of enrollment on the National Health Insurance Scheme in rural Ghana after eight years of implementation

Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of household members by insurance status (%). N = 39,262

Characteristic	Categories	Sub-total		Currently insured	Previously insured	Never insured
Characteristic	Categories	n	%	Currently insured	Previously insured	Never insured
Age (years)	< 18	16,328	41.6	53.2	17.2	29.6
	18–59	18,352	46.7	48.1	22.1	29.8
	60–69	2682	6.8	46.9	21.6	31.5
	70+	1900	4.8	46.2	23.4	30.4
Gender	Female	20,318	51.7	53.5	20.3	26.2
Gender	Male	18,944	48.3	46.3	19.8	33.9
Location	Rural	35,077	89.3	46.7	20.4	32.9
Location	Urban	4185	10.7	77.8	17.1	5.1
Household size	1	869	2.2	53.9	21.2	25.0
	2–4	8740	22.3	52.8	18.0	29.2
	5+	29,653	75.5	49.1	20.7	30.2
Education	No formal	10,321	26.3	42.8	21.5	35.6
	Primary	12,946	33.0	45.3	20.8	33.9
	High school	7450	19.0	56.2	22.2	21.7
	Tertiary	889	2.3	77.6	14.9	7.5
	Under schooling age*	7656	19.5	58.5	15.6	25.9
Ethnicity	Kassena	20,216	51.5	61.3	19.4	19.3
	Nankani	17,350	44.2	35.1	21.0	43.9
	Others	1696	4.3	68.4	18.6	13.0
Religion	Christianity	19,704	50.2	59.0	19.5	21.5
	Traditional	17,556	44.7	37.9	20.9	41.2
	Islam	2002	5.1	67.6	18.8	13.6
Wealth quintiles	Poorest	11,106	28.3	41.7	20.5	37.9
	Moderately poor	8765	22.3	42.5	20.8	36.7
	Average	7784	19.8	44.2	23.0	32.8
	Moderately rich	7403	18.9	60.3	18.5	21.3
	Richest	4204	10.7	80.5	15.2	4.4
Recent illness	Yes	2172	5.5	53.2	17.1	29.7
Recent illness	No	37,090	94.5	49.8	20.3	29.9
Total		39,262	100.00	50.0	20.1	29.9

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