Table 3.

Distribution of households with members in high risk age-groups, reporting illness and poor self rated health status by membership status, Kongwa and Mpwapwa (%)

Variable	Membership status			r-value *
	NHIF n = 224	CHF n = 233	Non members n = 238
Illness episodes				0.008
None	18.3	11.2	20.2
Acute only	52.2	56.7	59.2
Chronic	29.5	32.2	20.6
Self reported health status				0.001
Excellent/very good/ good health status	45.9	29.2	38.7
Fair/poor health status	54	71	61.3
High risk age groups in household
Children aged 1-5yrs				0.000
None	66.5	43.8	47.1
Present	33.5	56.2	52.9
15-49 yrs				0.059
None	4.0	5.6	9.2
Present	95.9	94.4	90.8
Elderly (60 yrs and above)				0.001
None	92.9	82.0	82.8
Present	7.1	18.0	17.2

^*Chi square test