Table 2.

Health status and healthcare utilization of the government employees in Muja town, northeast Ethiopia, 2016 (n = 375).

Variable	Category	Frequency	Percent
Preferences of treatment seeking during illness	Governmental health facility	265	70.7
	Private health facility	78	20.8
	Traditional healers	32	8.5
Chronic disease in the family	Yes	30	8
	No	345	92
Payment management	Government	89	23.7
	Own money	248	66.1
	Borrowed	38	10.2
History of difficulty to cover medical bill(s)	No	238	63.5
	Yes	137	36.5
Confidence to afford the care they need during illness	Yes	235	62.7
	No	140	37.3
Having other source to cover medical bill	Yes	95	25.3
	No	280	74.7