Table 3.

Differences in household characteristics by wealth quintile (n=16 772)

Variable	Q1 (poorest)	Q2 (poorer)	Q3 (middle)	Q4 (richer)	Q5 (richest)	Total	Pearson’s χ2
NHIS status							0.000
Enrolled	72.6	70.9	70.3	72.4	67.0	70.5
Not enrolled	27.4	29.1	29.7	27.6	33.0	29.5
Highest education							0.000
None	80.1	62.7	51.9	39.8	25.8	50.7
Primary	16.3	28.7	34.8	38.7	33.6	30.5
Secondary	2.1	5.4	7.0	10.1	15.8	8.5
Tertiary	1.5	3.2	6.3	11.4	24.8	10.3
Employment status							0.065
Employed	90.9	89.6	90.5	88.7	88.8	89.5
Unemployed	9.1	10.4	9.5	11.3	11.2	10.5
Sex							0.000
Female	79.1	73.1	71.7	69.4	66.9	71.8
Male	20.9	26.9	28.3	30.6	33.1	28.2
Age of household head							0.000
19–24	2.4	4.1	4.4	5.9	7	4.9
25–44	40.9	43.8	46.6	48.4	54.1	47.1
45–64	37.5	35	34.7	32	28.7	33.3
65–79	14.9	14.2	11.4	10.9	7.9	11.7
80+	4.3	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.3	3
Household size	20.1	17.7	17.9	20.1	24.3	100	0.000
Household setting							0.000
Rural	13.7	31.1	43.6	56.0	70.4	44.4
Urban	86.3	68.9	56.4	44.0	29.6	55.6
Geographic region							0.000
Western	5.6	9.4	11.1	12.8	11.9	10.2
Central	5.1	10.6	12.2	10.8	9.5	9.6
Greater Accra	2.3	4.4	8.0	14.0	24.7	11.5
Volta	8.7	11.0	9.8	10.1	7.9	9.4
Eastern	7.0	11.8	13.8	13.1	8.9	10.8
Ashanti	4.0	9.2	11.9	14.6	17.7	11.8
Brong-Ahafo	8.4	11.9	11.0	9.6	8.2	9.7
Northern	20.0	12.9	9.6	6.4	3.6	10.2
Upper East	14.7	11.4	8.3	6.2	3.8	8.6
Upper West	24.2	7.4	4.2	2.5	3.8	8.3

NHIS, National Health Insurance Scheme.