Table 3 Bivariate analysis of selected dependent and independent variables
Independent variables | Perception of NHIS service provision | |
|---|---|---|
Wealth quintile | Males (n = 1422) | Females (n = 2046) |
Poorest (ref) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Poorer | .971 (.220) | .998 (.177) |
Middle | .692 (.168) | .768 (.123)* |
Richer | .560 (.122)*** | .746 (.121)* |
Richest | .450 (.096)*** | .764 (.124)* |
Education | ||
No Education | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Primary Education | 1.01 (.229) | .868 (.132) |
Secondary/Higher education | .765 (.133) | .721 (.092)*** |
Marital Status | ||
Never married | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Currently married | .976 (.106) | 1.15 (.111) |
Formerly married | .598 (.176)* | .890 (.153) |
Age | 1.01 (.003) | .999 (.004) |
Religious affiliation | ||
Christians | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Muslims | 1.69 (.293)*** | 1.01 (.157) |
Traditionalists | 1.05 (.255) | 1.81 (.563)** |
No religion | 1.03 (.325) | 1.03 (.328) |
Ethnicity | ||
Akans | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Ga Dangbe | 1.32 (.409) | .583 (.125)*** |
Ewe | 1.04 (.212) | .685 (.124)** |
Northern | 1.74 (.255)*** | 1.10 (.145) |
Other | 1.03 (.378) | .540 (.145)** |
Rural–urban residence | ||
Urban | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Rural | 1.48 (.206)*** | 1.24 (.155)* |
Region of residence | ||
Southern Ghana | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Northern Ghana | 1.68 (.272)*** | 1.30 (.185)* |