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. 2023 Dec 11;12(1):e123–e133. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00510-7

Table 3.

Private and public insurance enrolment by socioeconomic characteristics

Laos
India
Pooled
Uninsured (n=0) Public (n=1548) Private (n=220) p value Uninsured (n=1153) Public (n=237) Private (n=110) p value Uninsured (n=3490) Public (n=5615) Private (n=690) p value
Age group, years .. .. .. 0·40 .. .. .. 0·0079 .. .. .. 0·0073
18–29 0/548 488/548 (89%) 60/548 (11%) .. 467/545 (86%) 50/545 (9%) 28/545 (5%) .. 2050/3578 (57%) 1356/3578 (38%) 172/3578 (5%) ..
30–39 0/359 313/359 (87%) 46/359 (13%) .. 217/306 (71%) 70/306 (23%) 19/306 (6%) .. 1275/2317 (55%) 885/2317 (38%) 157/2317 (7%) ..
40–49 0/400 345/400 (86%) 55/400 (14%) .. 239/322 (74%) 57/322 (18%) 26/322 (8%) .. 934/1870 (50%) 789/1870 (42%) 147/1870 (8%) ..
50–59 0/298 269/298 (90%) 29/298 (10%) .. 111/155 (72%) 16/155 (10%) 28/155 (18%) .. 455/1043 (44%) 487/1043 (47%) 101/1043 (10%) ..
≥60 0/163 133/163 (82%) 30/163 (18%) .. 118/170 (69%) 44/170 (26%) 8/170 (5%) .. 481/987 (49%) 393/987 (40%) 113/987 (11%) ..
Gender .. .. .. 0·80 .. .. .. 0·80 .. .. .. 0·40
Male 0/877 766/877 (87%) 111/877 (13%) .. 630/832 (76%) 140/832 (17%) 62/832 (7%) .. 2575/4976 (52%) 2045/4976 (41%) 356/4976 (7%) ..
Female 0/890 781/890 (88%) 109/890 (12%) .. 523/669 (78%) 98/669 (15%) 48/669 (7%) .. 2620/4820 (54%) 1866/4820 (39%) 334/4820 (7%) ..
Area of residence .. .. .. <0·0001 .. .. .. 0·0059 .. .. .. <0·0001
Rural 0/1187 1082/1187 (91%) 105/1187 (9%) .. 569/754 (75%) 148/754 (20%) 37/754 (5%) .. 2700/5662 (48%) 2749/5662 (49%) 213/5662 (4%) ..
Urban 0/582 466/582 (80%) 116/582 (20%) .. 584/746 (78%) 89/746 (12%) 73/746 (10%) .. 2495/4134 (60%) 1161/4134 (28%) 478/4134 (12%) ..
Income group .. .. .. 0·0047 .. .. .. 0·40 .. .. .. <0·0001
Low or middle 0/892 812/892 (91%) 80/892 (9%) .. 995/1300 (77%) 215/1300 (17%) 90/1300 (7%) .. 4000/6809 (59%) 2523/6809 (37%) 286/6809 (4%) ..
Highest 0/877 736/877 (84%) 141/877 (16%) .. 158/200 (79%) 22/200 (11%) 20/200 (10%) .. 1195/2986 (40%) 1387/2986 (46%) 404/2986 (14%) ..
Education .. .. .. <0·0001 .. .. .. 0·10 .. .. .. <0·0001
None or primary 0/940 863/940 (92%) 77/940 (8%) .. 382/501 (76%) 95/501 (19%) 24/501 (5%) .. 3034/5828 (52%) 2587/5828 (44%) 207/5828 (4%) ..
Secondary 0/548 476/548 (87%) 72/548 (13%) .. 328/417 (79%) 67/417 (16%) 22/417 (5%) .. 1350/2444 (55%) 874/2444 (36%) 220/2444 (9%) ..
Post-secondary 0/278 208/278 (75%) 70/278 (25%) .. 442/580 (76%) 75/580 (13%) 63/580 (11%) .. 810/1522 (53%) 449/1522 (30%) 263/1522 (17%) ..

Private insurance includes private and other voluntary or employer-offered schemes. All counts were weighted.