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. 2014 Dec 28;4(2):75–83. doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2015.08

Table 3 . Socio-economic factors and insurance status .

Variable Insurance status P
Insured Uninsured
Age (years) (mean) 35.76 45.69 0.00
Gender 0.98
Male 143 (60.85) 92 (39.15)
Female 17 (60.71) 11 (39.29)
Marital status 0.00
Single 33 (84.62) 6 (15.38)
Married 127 (56.69) 97 (43.31)
Household members 0.29
1–2 39 (86.67) 6 (13.33)
2–4 85 (57.43) 63 (42.57)
4–6 30 (48.39) 32 (51.61)
>6 69 (75.00) 2 (25.00)
Dependents members 0.00
≤4 91 (70.54) 38 (29.68)
>4 69 (51.49) 65 (48.51)
Education 0.06
Graduate 27 (50.50) 27 (50.50)
Postgraduate 133 (63.64) 76 (36.36)
Occupation 0.94
Salaried 108 (60.67) 70 (39.33)
Self-employed 52 (61.18) 33 (38.82)
Income 0.23
1 Lac–3 Lac 8 (50.50) 8 (50.50)
3 Lac–5 Lac 62 (63.92) 35 (36.08)
>5 Lac 90 (60.81) 58 (39.19)
Medical expenditure 0.03
<5000 88 (54.66) 73 (45.34)
5001–10000 38 (65.52) 20 (34.48)
>10000 34 (77.27) 10 (22.73)
Health status 0.00
Good 63 (58.88) 44 (41.12)
Fair 55 (61.11) 35 (38.89)
Poor 41 (70.69) 17 (29.31)
Very poor 1 (12.50) 7 (87.50)

T-test for age. χ2 test for all other variables. P-value: 1%, 5%, and 10% level. ‘%’ figures mentioned in the parentheses.