Table 3 Percentage distribution of NHIS membership by category in the Kassena-Nankana East and Kassena-Nankana West Districts in 2012. N = 19,641
Characteristics | Categories | Formal sector (n = 575) | Informal sector (n = 10,448) | Exempt (Poor) (n = 104) | Exempt (CEP) (n = 8514) | Total (N = 19,641) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | < 18 | 1.0 | 19.9 | 0.4 | 78.6 | 8683 |
18–59 | 4.8 | 85.9 | 0.6 | 8.7 | 8823 | |
60–69 | 3.6 | 61.7 | 0.4 | 34.4 | 1257 | |
70+ | 1.9 | 41.2 | 1.1 | 55.7 | 878 | |
Gender | Female | 2.2 | 56.6 | 0.6 | 40.6 | 10,872 |
Male | 3.8 | 49.0 | 0.5 | 46.7 | 8769 | |
Location | Rural | 2.1 | 51.8 | 0.6 | 45.5 | 16,386 |
Urban | 7.3 | 60.3 | 0.2 | 32.3 | 3255 | |
Household size | 1 | 13.7 | 60.5 | 0.9 | 25.0 | 468 |
2–4 | 4.5 | 58.0 | 0.5 | 37.0 | 4618 | |
5+ | 2.1 | 51.5 | 0.5 | 46.0 | 14,555 | |
Education* | No formal | 1.2 | 66.3 | 0.6 | 31.9 | 4421 |
Primary | 1.2 | 47.4 | 0.4 | 51.0 | 5869 | |
High school | 3.9 | 78.7 | 0.7 | 16.8 | 4183 | |
Tertiary | 29.7 | 64.6 | 0.4 | 5.2 | 690 | |
Under schooling age* | 0 | 24.3 | 0.5 | 75.3 | 4478 | |
Ethnicity | Kassena | 3.1 | 53.6 | 0.6 | 42.8 | 12,395 |
Nankani | 2.0 | 51.0 | 0.5 | 46.4 | 6086 | |
Others | 6.2 | 60.2 | 0.2 | 33.5 | 1160 | |
Religion | Christianity | 3.8 | 54.6 | 0.5 | 41.1 | 11,626 |
Traditional | 1.4 | 49.4 | 0.6 | 48.6 | 6661 | |
Islam | 3.3 | 59.2 | 0.1 | 37.4 | 1354 | |
Wealth quintiles | Poorest | 0.9 | 50.7 | 0.5 | 48.0 | 4626 |
Moderately poor | 1.5 | 50.6 | 0.8 | 47.1 | 3726 | |
Average | 1.5 | 51.7 | 0.8 | 46.0 | 3444 | |
Moderately rich | 2.1 | 55.9 | 0.5 | 41.5 | 4462 | |
Richest | 9.8 | 57.4 | 0.2 | 32.6 | 3383 | |
Recent illness | Yes | 1.7 | 42.8 | 0.2 | 55.3 | 1156 |
No | 3.0 | 53.8 | 0.6 | 42.6 | 18,485 | |
Overall (%) | Â | 2.9 | 53.2 | 0.5 | 43.4 | 100.0 |