Table 1.

Distribution of demographic, socioeconomic and health characteristics, by the type of healthcare facility used, SAGE Ghana Wave 1 2007/08.

	Type of health facility
	Private		Public		Othersa
Variable	n	%	n	%	n	%	F	p-value
Age group
50–59	134	32.4	450	35.1	312	40.0	1.3	0.262
60–69	122	29.3	362	28.2	219	27.5
70–79	108	27.8	355	26.1	168	21.0
80+	38	10.6	148	10.6	101	11.6
Sex
Male	188	51.5	611	46.8	404	49.4	1.6	0.208
Female	214	48.5	704	53.2	396	50.6
Residence
Urban	220	52.9	623	46.8	529	67.9	8.9	< 0.001
Rural	182	47.1	692	53.2	271	32.1
Educational status
No formal education	163	35.9	683	50.1	435	53.5	4.5	< 0.001
Primary completed or less	99	26.3	268	20.9	179	21.8
Secondary school completed	28	6.5	71	5.6	21	3.0
High school and above	111	31.3	290	23.4	164	21.7
Marital status
Never married	3	0.8	15	1.3	10	1.2	0.9	0.441
Currently married/cohabitating	223	62.4	697	56.3	429	57.7
Separated/widowed	174	36.9	598	42.5	360	41.2
Wealth quintile
Q1 (poorest)	48	9.1	172	12.1	170	21.2	10.5	< 0.001
Q2	53	15.2	233	16.6	184	21.7
Q3	75	19.2	255	20.7	198	25.3
Q4	84	20.0	325	24.5	138	18.1
Q5 (richest)	140	36.6	329	26.2	109	13.7
Health insurance
Yes	185	44.1	721	53.3	255	33.2	21.6	< 0.001
No	217	56.0	594	46.7	545	66.8
Type of job employment
Public sector	39	9.9	170	14.0	53	7.3	4.1	< 0.001
Private sector	18	3.9	48	4.1	25	3.3
Self-employed	316	81.7	991	75.1	680	85.0
Informal employment	19	4.5	84	6.9	35	4.4
Chronic health conditions
None	89	21.3	366	27.2	244	29.1	5.7	< 0.001
One chronic condition	208	52.0	635	50.0	445	56.8
Two or more chronic conditions	103	26.8	298	22.7	108	14.1
Self-rated health
Good/very good	172	42.4	451	35.2	265	32.7	2.8	0.030
Moderate	161	40.5	609	45.2	349	42.8
Bad/very bad	69	17.1	255	19.6	186	24.4

Notes: N: unweighted; % (percent): the weighted proportions.

Other services include charity clinic, charity hospital, home visits and other.