Table 3 Analysis of barriers to medical care seeking among 524 students who reported unmet medical care needs among university students in Uganda
All | Acceptability | Accessibility | Availability | P-value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
Sex | |||||||||
Female | 179 | 34.2 | 128 | 71.5 | 27 | 15.1 | 24 | 13.4 | 0.79 |
Male | 345 | 65.8 | 241 | 69.9 | 60 | 17.4 | 44 | 12.8 | |
Missing | (456) | 46.5 | |||||||
Age | |||||||||
Younger < 24 | 331 | 65.4 | 232 | 70.1 | 61 | 18.4 | 38 | 11.5 | 0.16 |
Older ≥ 24 | 175 | 34.6 | 124 | 70.9 | 23 | 13.1 | 28 | 16.0 | |
Missing | (474) | 48.4 | |||||||
Area of origin | |||||||||
Rural | 227 | 43.6 | 147 | 64.8 | 50 | 22.0 | 30 | 13.2 | 0.01 |
Urban/ peri- urban | 294 | 56.4 | 219 | 74.5 | 37 | 12.6 | 38 | 12.9 | |
Missing | (459) | 46.8 | |||||||
Educational level of head of household | |||||||||
Post Primary school | 347 | 69.7 | 247 | 71.2 | 55 | 15.9 | 45 | 13.0 | 0.76 |
≤ Primary school | 151 | 30.3 | 104 | 68.9 | 28 | 18.5 | 19 | 12.6 | |
Missing | (482) | 49.2 | |||||||
Self-rated health | |||||||||
Good | 370 | 79.7 | 281 | 75.9 | 49 | 13.2 | 40 | 10.8 | < 0.001 |
Poor | 94 | 20.3 | 50 | 53.2 | 24 | 25.5 | 20 | 21.3 | |
Missing | (516) | (52.7) | |||||||