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. 2022 Aug 3;12:43. doi: 10.1186/s13561-022-00389-5

Table 2.

Health insurance coverage by socio-economic characteristics of study participants

Variables Health insurance coverage
Not covered Covered
Sex of household head
 Male 4,776 (70.7) 1,975(29.3)
 Female 1,452(76) 459 (24)
Place of residence
 Urban 2,147(80.6) 517(19.4)
 Rural 4,082 (68) 1,917(32)
Age of household head
 15–30 years 1,877(82.9) 388(17.1)
 31–40 years 1,594(71.4) 638(28.6)
 41–64 years 1,924(66) 989(34)
 65 + years 834(66.6) 419(33.4)
Administrative regions
 Tigray 334(57.2) 250(42.8)
 Afar 84 (96.5) 3(3.5)
 Amhara 949 (45) 1,160(55)
 Oromia 2,588(80.7) 619(19.3)
 Somali 402(96.2) 16(3.8)
 Benishangul-gumuz 85(90.4) 9(9.6)
 SNNP 1,343(80.5) 325(19.5)
 Gambela 33(91.7) 3(8.3)
 Harari 22(88) 3(12)
 Addis Ababa 334(88.8) 42(11.2)
 Dire Dawa 53(94.6) 3(3.4)
Family size
 less than 5 members 3,146 (73.7) 1,124(26.3
 5 and more members 3,083(70.2) 1,310(29.8)
Wealth index
 Poorest 1,182(78.9) 316(21.1)
 Poorer 1,165(71.2) 470(28.8)
 Middle 1,037(61.9) 638(38.1)
 Richer 1,135(65.3) 603(34.7)
 Richest 1,710(80.8) 406(19.2)