Table 3 Distribution of health care access dimensions among women who visited a facility in past 12Â months, 2003 South Africa World Health Survey
| Â | Â | Pelvic/Pap Screening | Â | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Total Sample (n = 256) | Screened (n = 65) | Unscreened (n = 191) | p-value |
Affordability | ||||
Health Insurance (%) | Â | Â | Â | 0.6 |
 Yes | 4.8 | 3.8 | 5.1 |  |
 No | 95.2 | 96.2 | 94.8 |  |
Availability | ||||
Number of Health Care providers | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Mean (Std. Error) | 27.5 (7) | 125 (83) | 12.4 (7) | <0.001 |
Facility type (%) | Â | Â | Â | 0.002 |
 Government | 67.9 | 40.9 | 77.1 |  |
 Non-Government | 32.1 | 59.1 | 22.8 |  |
Provider type (%) | Â | Â | Â | 0.003 |
 Medical Doctor | 53.1 | 73.1 | 45.9 |  |
 Nurse/Midwife | 41.2 | 19.6 | 49.0 |  |
 Traditional healer | 5.6 | 7.2 | 5.0 |  |
Accessibility | ||||
 Travel time (%) |  |  |  | 0.04 |
 <=25 minutes | 55.6 | 68.4 | 50.1 |  |
 >25 minutes | 44.4 | 31.5 | 49.9 |  |
Travel mode (%) | Â | Â | Â | 0.002 |
 Private | 24.7 | 47.2 | 16.4 |  |
 Public | 40.3 | 34.6 | 42.4 |  |
 Bike/Walk | 34.9 | 18.1 | 41.3 |  |
Accommodation | ||||
 Provider Skills adequate (% Yes) | 94.0 | 94.7 | 93.8 | 0.75 |
 Equipment adequate (% Yes) | 91.1 | 94.4 | 89.6 | 0.20 |
Acceptability | ||||
 Provider Gender (% Female) | 53.8 | 43.4 | 58.0 | 0.19 |
 Gender (% Worse No vs. Yes) | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 0.86 |
 Social class (% Worse No vs. Yes) | 8.1 | 6.1 | 8.2 | 0.49 |
 Ethnicity (% Worse No vs. Yes) | 5.4 | 6.1 | 4.8 | 0.69 |