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Table 1 Socio-demographic and CBHI enrollment characteristics (profiles) of study participants in North Western Ethiopia, October 2016

From: Determinants of enrollment decision in the community-based health insurance, North West Ethiopia: a case-control study

Characteristics

Not Member to CBHI (Controls) (%)

Member to CBHI (Cases) (%)

Chi square, p-value

Sex

 Male

117 (39.5)

129 (43.6)

x2 = 3.465, p-value = 0.063

 Female

31 (10.5)

19 (6.4)

Age of heads

 < 35

43 (14.5)

32 (10.8)

x2 = 2.43, p-value = 0.29

 35–51

81 (27.4)

86 (29.1)

 > 51

24 (8.1)

30 (10.1)

Educational status

 Unable to read and write

44 (14.9)

40 (13.5)

x2 = 4.24, p-value = 0.374

 Have informal education

55 (18.6)

55 (18.6)

 Primary & junior education [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8]

27 (9.1)

39 (13.2)

 Secondary education [9,10,11,12]

13 (4.4)

9 (3.0)

 Above 12 th grade

9 (3.0)

5 (1.7)

Occupation

 Farmer

122 (41.2)

134 (45.3)

x2 = 11.04, p-value = 0.004**

 Merchant

22 (7.4)

6 (2.0)

 Others

4 (1.4)

8 (2.7)

Family size

 < 3

37 (12.5)

34 (11.5)

x2 = 17.86, p-value = 0.001**

 [3–4]

15 (5.1)

14 (4.7)

 [4–6]

47 (15.9)

69 (23.3)

 > 6

19 (6.4)

31 (10.5)

Marital status

 Single

29 (9.8)

16 (5.4)

x2 = 5.69, p-value = 0.05*

 Married

116 (39.2)

125 (42.2)

 Divorced & widowed

3 (1.0)

7 (2.4)

Household annual income

 < 8000

50 (16.9)

27 (9.1)

x2 = 9.37, p-value = 0.02*

 8001–16,000

38 (12.8)

48 (16.2)

 16,001–28,000

29 (9.8)

37 (12.5)

 > 28,000

31 (10.5)

36 (12.2)

Participate in social practice

 No

19 (6.4)

3 (1.0)

x2 = 12.57, p-value = 0.001**

 Yes

126 (42.6)

145 (49.0)

Previous (history) of illness

 No

59 (19.9)

34 (11.48)

x2 = 9.799, p-value = 0.002**

 Yes

89 (30.06)

114 (38.5)

Awareness of the program

 Not aware

110 (37.16)

101 (34.12)

x2 = 1.34, p-value = 0.25

 Aware

38 (12.8)

47 (15.88)

Perceived quality of service

 Not quality

85 (28.72)

70 (23.65)

x2 = 3.05, p-value = 0.05*

 Quality

63 (21.28)

78 (26.35)

Expected future health status

 Good

115 (38.85)

120 (40.54)

x2 = 1.05, p-value = 0.60

 Worse

7 (2.36)

4 (1.35)

 I can’t expect

26 (8.78)

24 (8.11)

  1. Significant at * = 0.05; ** = 0.01; *** = 0.001