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Table 1 Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the study participants in Debub Bench District, Southwest Ethiopia, 2013 (n = 808)

From: Willingness to join community-based health insurance among rural households of Debub Bench District, Bench Maji Zone, Southwest Ethiopia

Description

Frequency (%)

Sex of the respondent

Female

234 (29.0)

 

Male

574 (71.0)

Relationship

Head

654 (80.9)

 

Spouse

132 (16.3)

 

Others (Child, parent)

22 (2.7)

Religion of the respondent

Protestant

550 (68.1)

 

Orthodox

199 (24.6)

 

Muslim

41 (5.1)

 

Others

18 (2.2)

Marital status of the respondent

Monogamous/monandrous

573 (70.9)

 

Polygamous/polyandrous

101 (12.5)

 

Single

55 (6.8)

 

Widowed

24 (3.0)

 

Divorced

55 (6.8)

Occupation of the respondent

Farmer

615 (76.1)

 

Housewife

113 (14.0)

 

Merchant

36 (4.5)

 

Student

30 (3.7)

 

Others

14 (1.7)

Ethnicity of the respondent

Bench

519 (64.2)

 

Amhara

116 (14.4)

 

Kaffa

64 (7.9)

 

Others

109 (13.5)

Educational status of the respondent

Illiterate

388 (48.0)

 

Read and write

221 (27.4)

 

Grade 1-8

178 (22.0)

 

> = Secondary school

21 (2.6)

Wealth quintile of the household

Lowest wealth quintile

70 (8.7)

 

Second wealth quintile

255 (31.6)

 

Middle wealth quintile

164 (20.3)

 

Fourth wealth quintile

125 (15.5)

 

Highest wealth quintile

194 (24.0)

Category of annual income

Lower than 1100 birr

198 (24.5)

 

1100-4300 birr

409 (50.6)

 

More than 4300 birr

201 (24.9)