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. 2022 May 9;15:11786329221096065. doi: 10.1177/11786329221096065

Table 1.

Sociodemographic and economic characteristics of respondents in south Gondar zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia.

Variables Categories Number of respondent’s (%) Health care service utilization Pearson chi-square(X2)
(P-value)
CBHI (%) OPP (%)
Gender of respondent’s Male 370 (59.8) 296 (80.0) 74 (20.0) 4.161 (.041)
Female 249 (40.2) 215 (86.3) 34 (13.7)
Respondent’s residence Rural 559 (90.3) 497 (88.9) 62 (11.1) 161.768 (<.001)
Urban 60 (9.7) 14 (23.3) 46 (76.7)
Marital status Married 486 (78.5) 421 (86.6) 65 (13.4) 28.289 (<.001)
Single 84 (13.6) 60 (71.4) 24 (28.6)
Others (divorced and widowed) 49 (7.9) 30 (61.2) 19 (38.8)
Religion Orthodox 570 (92.1) 468 (82.1) 102 (17.9) 1.000 (.317)
Muslim 49 (7.9) 43 (87.8) 6 (12.2)
Education level Cannot read and write 234 (37.8) 179 (76.5) 55 (23.5) 29.393 (<.001)
Can read and write 216 (34.9) 170 (78.7) 46 (21.3)
Primary (1-8) 82 (13.2) 77 (93.9) 5 (6.1)
Secondary (9-12) 53 (8.6) 52 (98.1) 1 (1.9)
College and above 34 (5.5) 33 (97.1) 1 (2.9)
Occupation status Farmer 426 (68.8) 376 (88.3) 50 (11.7) 73.561 (<.001)
Merchant 113 (18.3) 96 (85.0) 17 (15.0)
Others(un employment, housewife, Labor, Student) 80 (12.9) 39 (48.8) 41 (51.3)
Family size of household’s Less than 3 123 (19.9) 76 (61.8) 47 (38.2) 48.048 (<.001)
3 up to 5 301 (48.6) 258 (85.7) 43 (14.3)
Above 5 195 (31.5) 177 (90.8) 18 (9.2)
Presence of under five children in the household’s’ Yes 390 (63.0) 347 (89.0) 43 (11.0) 30.184 (<.001)
No 229 (37.0) 164 (71.6) 65 (28.4)
Presence of elders above 60 years in the household’s Yes 145 (23.4) 132 (91.0) 13 (9.0) 9.458 (.002)
No 474 (76.6) 379 (80.0) 95 (20.0)
Nearest health institution Health post 177 (28.6) 121 (68.4) 56(31.6) 35.099 (<.001)
Health centre 411(66.4) 364 (88.6) 47(11.4)
hospital 31(5.0) 26 (83.9) 5(16.1)
Presence of chronic illness in the household’s Yes 169 (27.3) 158 (93.5) 11(6.5) 19.312 (<.001)
No 450 (72.7) 353 (78.4) 97(21.6)
household enrolled in any other solidarity group Yes 601 (97.1) 498 (82.9) 103(17.1) 1.374 (.241)
No 18 (2.9) 13 (72.2) 5(27.8)
level of awareness about CBHI Low 81 (13.1) 59 (72.8) 22 (27.2) 6.184 (.045)
Medium 258 (41.7) 218 (84.5) 40 (15.5)
High 280 (45.2) 234 (83.6) 46 (16.4)
Presence of Radio in the household’s Yes 211 (34.1) 166 (78.7) 45 (21.3) 3.345 (.067)
No 408 (65.9) 345 (84.6) 63 (15.4)
Presence of Television in the household’s Yes 49 (7.9) 36 (73.5) 13 (26.5) 3.048 (.081)
No 570 (92.1) 475 (83.3) 95 (16.7)
Presence of phone in the household’s Yes 264(42.6) 221 (83.7) 43 (16.3) 0.430 (.512)
No 355(57.4) 290 (81.7) 65 (18.3)
Time taken to reach health institution 1 up to 60 min 414 (66.9) 340 (82.1) 74 (17.9) 0.159 (.024)
61 up to 120 min 103(16.6) 86 (83.5) 17 (16.5)
greater than 120 min 102(16.5) 85 (83.3) 17 (16.7)
Transportation road Available 283 (45.7) 204 (72.1) 79 (27.9) 39.662 (<.001)
not available 336 (54.3) 307 (91.4) 29 (8.6)
Satisfaction on perceived quality of care not-satisfied 304 (49.1) 241 (79.3) 63 (20.7) 4.452 (.035)
Satisfied 315 (50.9) 270 (85.7) 45 (14.3)
Attitude of household towards CBHI scheme Had negative attitude 428 (69.1) 334 (78.0) 94 (22.0) 19.633 (<.001)
Had positive attitude 191 (30.9) 177 (92.7) 14 (7.3)