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Table 2 Socio-economic and demographic characteristics of respondents

From: The roles of health maintenance organizations in the implementation of a social health insurance scheme in Enugu, Southeast Nigeria: a mixed-method investigation

Variables

n = 613

%

Attended School

613

100

Female respondent

231

38

Main occupation

  

Cleaner

8

1.30

Clerical

70

11.40

Middle manager

53

8.60

Professional

182

29.70

Senior manager

30

4.90

Other

270

44.00

Other source of income

  

Farming

27

48.20

Petty trading

17

30.40

Business

9

16.10

Part-time job

1

1.80

Others

2

3.60

SES distribution

  

Q1 (poorest)

156

25.45

Q2 (very poor)

152

24.80

Q3 (poor)

156

25.45

Q4 (least poor)

149

24.31

No of people in Household Mean (SD)

4.39 (1.96)

Age: Mean (SD)

39.53 (8.29)

Take home salary: Mean (SD)

78,255.90 (58,682.57)

Extra income of respondent Mean (SD)

5052.32 (14,629.08)

Number of household members covered: Mean (SD)

2.78 (1.77)

  1. Note: many of the respondents in the selected clusters (in Table 2) did not fall into the category of respondents in the study instrument. For instance, in the military, police and Federal Ministries, some cadres such as officer cadet, sergeant at arm, mortuary attendance etc, were not included and so were referred to as others