Willingness to pay for private health insurance among workers with mandatory social health insurance in Mongolia

Table 1 Sample characteristics by gender

	Female (n = 799)		Male (n = 858)		P value
	n %		n %		P value
Age (Mean, SD)	34.8	9.5	33.1	9.3	< 0.001
Willingness to participate in the first bid					0.677
No	509	63.7	555	64.69
Yes	290	36.3	303	35.31
Industry					< 0.001
Mining and quarrying	30	3.75	47	5.48
Processing industries	198	24.78	223	25.99
Electricity	59	7.38	113	13.17
Construction	20	2.5	47	5.48
Wholesale and retail trade	164	20.53	140	16.32
Transportation	38	4.76	69	8.04
Information and communication	61	7.63	74	8.62
Finance and insurance	35	4.38	34	3.96
Public administration	77	9.64	55	6.41
Education services	61	7.63	28	3.26
Health care	56	7.01	28	3.26
Total monthly family income					0.013
< 500,000	81	10.14	78	9.09
500,000-1,000,000	280	35.04	371	43.24
1,000,000-2,500,000	358	44.81	323	37.65
2,500,000-4,500,000	64	8.01	69	8.04
> 4,500,000	16	2	17	1.98
Satisfied with SHI					0.097
No	553	69.21	561	65.38
Yes	246	30.79	297	34.62
Education					< 0.001
Primary / Secondary	160	20.03	261	30.42
College	67	8.39	95	11.07
University	458	57.32	427	49.77
Postgraduate	114	14.27	75	8.74
Marital status					< 0.001
Single	222	27.78	194	22.61
Married	487	60.95	608	70.86
Other	90	11.26	56	6.53
Proportion of income spent on medical care					< 0.001
none	261	32.67	424	49.42
< 5%	144	18.02	159	18.53
5–15%	195	24.41	143	16.67
15–25%	106	13.27	77	8.97
> 25%	93	11.64	55	6.41
Self-rated health					< 0.001
Very good	41	5.13	98	11.42
Good	394	49.31	468	54.55
Fair	340	42.55	262	30.54
Poor	21	2.63	26	3.03
Very poor	3	0.38	4	0.47
Smoking status					< 0.001
Nonsmoker (base)	656	82.1	305	35.55
Past smoker	48	6.01	88	10.26
Current smoker	95	11.89	465	54.2
Adequate exercise					< 0.001
No	565	70.71	453	52.8
Don’t know	106	13.27	127	14.8
Yes	128	16.02	278	32.4

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