TABLE 6.
Factors affecting utilisation of National Health Insurance Scheme among respondents (n = 487).
| Variables | Registration with NHIS |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes, n = 60 | No, n = 427 | ||
| Age (years) | 0.0007 | ||
| Mean ±s.d. | 39.6 ± 12.3 | 33.5 ± 11.9 | |
| Sex | 0.369 | ||
| Male | 20 | 204 | |
| Frequency (%) | 40.0 | 46.7 | |
| Female | 35 | 233 | |
| Frequency (%) | 58.3 | 53.3 | |
| Religion | 0.435* | ||
| Christian | 34 | 285 | |
| Frequency (%) | 68.0 | 65.2 | |
| Muslim | 14() | 143 | |
| Frequency (%) | 28.0 | 32.7 | |
| Others | 2 | 9 | |
| Frequency (%) | 4.0 | 2.1 | |
| Marital status | 0.016* | ||
| Single | 13 | 171 | |
| Frequency (%) | 26.0 | 39.1 | |
| Married | 37 | 239 | |
| Frequency (%) | 74.0 | 54.7 | |
| Divorced/separated/widow | 0 | 27 | |
| Frequency (%) | 0.0 | 6.2 | |
| Highest level of education | 0.483* | ||
| No formal education | 0 | 15 | |
| Frequency (%) | 0.0 | 3.4 | |
| Primary | 1 | 19 | |
| Frequency (%) | 2.0 | 4.3 | |
| Secondary | 15 | 151 | |
| Frequency (%) | 30.0 | 34.6 | |
| Tertiary | 34 | 252 | |
| Frequency (%) | 68.0 | 57.7 | |
| Employment status | 0.001* | ||
| Civil servant | 20 | 139 | |
| Frequency (%) | 40.0 | 31.8 | |
| Private sector | 16 | 88 | |
| Frequency (%) | 32.0 | 20.1 | |
| Self-employed | 1 | 133 | |
| Frequency (%) | 2.0 | 30.4 | |
| Student | 11 | 43 | |
| Frequency (%) | 22.0 | 9.8 | |
| Unemployed | 2 | 34 | |
| Frequency (%) | 4.0 | 7.9 | |