TABLE 3.

Factors associated with utilisation of health care by residents of Sodom and Gomorrah.

Associated factors	Used healthcare facility						p-value
	No		Yes		Total
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Sex
Male	204	62.39	94	69.12	298	64.36	0.168
Female	123	37.61	42	30.88	165	35.64
Age category
18–21	94	32.64	32	26.02	126	30.66	0.015
22–25	108	37.5	36	29.27	144	35.04
26 and above	86	29.86	55	44.72	141	34.31
Marital status
Married	117	36.34	55	41.67	172	37.89	0.288
Not married	205	63.66	77	58.33	282	62.11
Education
No education	146	45.48	35	26.52	181	39.96	< 0.001
Primary education	121	37.69	61	46.21	182	40.18
Secondary education	54	16.82	36	27.27	90	19.87
Ethnic origin
Southern	109	33.75	55	41.04	164	35.89	0.003
Northern	198	61.3	63	47.01	261	57.11
Foreign	16	4.95	16	11.94	32	7
Occupation
Earn regular income	42	12.96	31	23.13	73	15.94	0.007
No regular job/income	282	87.04	103	76.87	385	84.06
NHIS membership
Yes	48	14.68	42	30.88	90	19.44	< 0.001
No	279	85.32	94	69.12	373	80.56
Knowledge of symptoms
Some knowledge	46	14.07	30	22.06	76	16.41	0.034
No knowledge	281	85.93	106	77.94	387	83.59
Overall knowledge score
Poor	30	9.17	25	18.38	55	11.88	0.006
Fair	129	39.45	58	42.65	187	40.39
Good	168	51.38	53	38.97	221	47.73
Has chronic illness
No	303	94.39	123	90.44	426	93.22	0.125
Yes	18	5.61	13	9.56	31	6.78
Transportation to facility
Not a problem	254	79.38	84	61.76	338	74.12	< 0.001
A problem	66	20.63	52	38.24	118	25.88
Distance to facility
Not a problem	241	75.31	92	68.15	333	73.19	0.115
A problem	79	24.69	43	31.85	122	26.81
Staff attitude
Not a problem	177	55.14	88	65.19	265	58.11	0.047
A problem	144	44.86	47	34.81	191	41.89

NHIS, National Health Insurance Scheme.