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Table 3 Bivariate analysis

From: Identifying the determinants of health insurance coverage among Peruvian women of reproductive age: an assessment based on the national Peruvian demographic survey of 2017

Variable

Health insurance status

Highest educational level attained

No Insurance

(% column)

SIS

(% column)

Standard Insurance

(% column)

Chi-square p-value

Primary or no education

13.0

29.2

4.8

< 0.001

Secondary

47.9

51.6

34.4

 

Higher but no university

19.6

12.5

26.2

 

Higher, university or Postgraduate

19.4

6.7

34.6

 

Ethnicity

 Other

3.8

11.1

1.3

< 0.001

 Spanish

96.2

88.9

98.7

 

Marital status

 Not currently married

54.2

37.9

45.6

< 0.001

 Currently married

45.8

62.1

57.4

 

Place of residence

 Rural

11.3

33.4

4.7

< 0.001

 Urban

88.7

66.6

95.3

 

Wealth index

 Poorest

8.3

31.0

1.7

< 0.001

 Poorer

18.8

28.4

10.0

 

 Middle

23.7

21.5

19.7

 

 Wealthier

26.1

12.8

29.0

 

 Wealthiest

23.1

6.3

39.6

 

Currently working

 No

36.4

42.4

27.7

< 0.001

 Yes

63.6

57.7

72.3

 

Births in last 5 years

 0

79.7

63.4

73.9

< 0.001

 1+

20.3

36.6

26.1

 

Total living children

 0

41.1

26.0

33.1

< 0.001

 1–2

37.4

43.8

27.7

 

 3+

24.5

30.2

18.2

 

Household size

 1–3

30.5

26.8

28.9

< 0.001

 4–6

55.7

57.1

59.9

 

 7+

13.8

16.1

11.2

 

Age

No insurance

Mean (SD)

SIS

Mean (SD)

Standard Insurance

Mean (SD)

Anova (p-value)

15–49 (continuous)

30.61 (9.97)

30.41 (9.85)

33.11 (9.44)

< 0.001