TABLE 4.

Estimates of relative risk of predictors of utilisation of health care by residents of Sodom and Gomorrah.

Predictors of healthcare use	Risk ratio	95% Confidence interval	p-value	IRR	95% Confidence interval	p-value
Sex
Male	Reference			Reference
Female	0.81	0.59–1.10	0.176	1.14	0.82–1.57	0.434
Age category
18-	Reference			Reference
22-	0.98	0.65–1.48	0.94	1.08	0.69–1.66	0.732
26-	1.54	1.06–2.21	0.021	1.51	0.99–2.28	0.053
Marital Status
Married	Reference			Reference
Not married	0.85	0.63–1.14	0.285	1.34	0.96–1.87	0.082
Education
No education	Reference			Reference
Primary education	1.73	1.20–2.48	0.003	1.57	1.06–2.30	0.023
Secondary education	2.07	1.39–3.05	< 0.001	1.72	1.11–2.66	0.014
Ethnic origin
Southern	Reference			Reference
Northern	0.72	0.53–0.97	0.034	0.98	0.71–1.34	0.912
Foreign	1.49	0.99–2.24	0.055	1.18	0.69–2.01	0.541
Occupation
Earn regular income	Reference			Reference
No regular job/income	0.63	0.46–0.86	0.004	0.70	0.50–0.96	0.031
NHIS membership
Yes	Reference			Reference
No	0.54	0.40–0.71	< 0.001	0.55	0.39–0.75	< 0.001
Knowledge of symptoms
Some knowledge	Reference			Reference
No knowledge	0.69	0.50–0.95	0.026	0.61	0.43–0.85	0.004
Overall knowledge score
Poor	Reference			Reference
Fair	0.68	0.47–0.97	0.038	0.64	0.42–0.96	0.033
Good	0.53	0.36–0.76	0.001	0.44	0.28–0.66	< 0.001
Has chronic illness
No	Reference			Reference
Yes	1.45	0.93–2.25	0.097	1.45	0.86–2.44	0.158
Transportation to facility
Not a problem	Reference			Reference
A problem	1.77	1.34–2.33	< 0.001	1.62	1.17–2.23	0.003
Distance to facility
Not a problem	Reference			Reference
A problem	1.28	0.94–1.71	0.108	1.01	0.71–1.43	0.943
Staff attitude
Not a problem	Reference			Reference
A problem	0.74	0.54–1.00	0.051	0.77	0.55–1.07	0.122

NHIS, National Health Insurance Scheme.