Table 3.
Respondents’ characteristics associated with differences in the use of formal health care between urban and rural areas.
| CHARACTERISTIC | URBAN N = 294 (%) |
RURAL N = 319 (%) |
χ2 | P-VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (in years) | ||||
| 18–39 | 18.6 | 30.7 | 15.56 | <0.001 |
| 40–59 | 25.8 | 27.8 | ||
| ≥60 | 55.7 | 41.5 | ||
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 44.2 | 37.6 | 2.76 | 0.10 |
| Female | 55.8 | 62.4 | ||
| Marital status | ||||
| Married | 64.2 | 69.5 | 1.96 | 0.16 |
| Not married | 35.8 | 30.5 | ||
| Educational status | ||||
| ≥Secondary | 79.5 | 60.4 | ||
| <Secondary | 20.5 | 39.6 | 26.39 | <0.001 |
| Occupation | ||||
| Professional/skilled | 33.2 | 21.5 | ||
| Semiskilled | 17.0 | 10.8 | ||
| Unskilled | 20.1 | 38.6 | 29.30 | <0.001 |
| Unemployed/students | 29.8 | 29.1 | ||
| Annual income (in Naira) | ||||
| <100,0000 | 38.1 | 57.2 | ||
| ≥100,000 | 61.9 | 42.8 | 15.21 | <0.001 |
| Diabetes | ||||
| Yes | 9.0 | 6.1 | ||
| No | 91.0 | 93.9 | 1.13 | 0.29 |
| Hypertension | ||||
| Yes | 40.1 | 46.7 | ||
| No | 59.9 | 53.3 | 2.69 | 0.10 |
| Alcohol use | ||||
| Yes | 60.2 | 64.6 | 1.25 | 0.26 |
| No | 39.8 | 35.4 | ||
| Smoking status | ||||
| Yes | 11.9 | 10.0 | ||
| No | 88.1 | 90.0 | 0.55 | 0.46 |
| BMI | ||||
| Normal | 47.1 | 56.9 | 4.69 | 0.03 |
| Overweight/obesity | 52.9 | 43.1 | ||
| Physical activity level (MET mins/week) | ||||
| <600 | 42.7 | 43.7 | 0.05 | 0.83 |
| ≥600 | 57.3 | 56.3 |