Table 4.
Factors Associated with Knowledge of Community-Based Health Insurance Among Bahir Dar City Informal Workers
| Variables | Knowledge of CBHI | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poor | Good | |||
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 65 | 100 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Female | 93 | 67 | 0.468 (0.30, 0.73) | 1.67 (0.99, 2.79) |
| Education | ||||
| No formal education | 35 | 28 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Primary | 33 | 27 | 1.023 (0.50, 2.08) | 1.191 (0.54, 2.64) |
| Secondary | 46 | 12 | 1.326 (1.15,1.73) | 1.29 (1.12, 1.71)* |
| College and above | 44 | 100 | 2.841 (1.54, 5.23) | 1.64 (0.74, 3.63) |
| Marital status | ||||
| Single | 35 | 57 | 4.234 (1.82, 9.82) | 3.436 (1.30, 9.02) * |
| Married | 97 | 100 | 2.680 (1.23, 5.85) | 2.357 (0.97, 5.71) |
| Divorced | 26 | 10 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Occupation | ||||
| Merchant | 38 | 25 | 1.10 (0.59,2.06) | 1.195 (0.59, 2.38) |
| Farmer | 2 | 5 | 4.20 (0.78, 22.52) | 3.376 (0.59, 19.17) |
| Daily laborer | 39 | 90 | 3.879 (2.30, 6.53) | 2.73 (1.36, 5.48) ** |
| Other # | 79 | 47 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Source of Information | ||||
| Television | 55 | 34 | 0.39 (0.19,0.80) | 0.31 (0.14, 0.71) ** |
| Magazine | 17 | 18 | 0.67 (0.28,1.61) | 0.57 (0.20, 1.56) |
| Family | 67 | 85 | 0.80 (0.42,1.55) | 0.77 (0.37, 1.65) |
| Friends | 19 | 30 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Age | ||||
| 15–24 | 17 | 20 | 0.83 (0.40,1.75) | 0.61 (0.19,1.92) |
| 25–34 | 62 | 61 | 0.76 (0.35,1.64) | 0.49 (0.23,1.06) |
| 35–44 | 45 | 40 | 1.15 (0.52,2.52) | 0.67 (0.32,1.41) |
| ≥45 | 34 | 46 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Notes: Other# (student, housewife); P-value * < 0. 05, ** < 0. 01.
Abbreviations: COR, crude odds ratio; AOR, adjusted odds ratio.