Table 1 The distribution of respondents related to socio-demographic characteristics and health insurance coverage (n = 4278)
Variable | Categories | Maternal health insurance | Chi-square p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Not insured (%) | Insured (%) | |||
Age | 15–19 | 305 (6.60) | 7(4.60) | 0.006 |
20–24 | 905 (20.90) | 22 (12.0) | ||
25–34 | 2425 (60.8) | 134 (64.0) | ||
35–49 | 444 (11.80) | 36 (19.30 | ||
Educational status | No education | 2185 (57.30) | 110 (66.9) | 0.042 |
Primary | 1258 (31.50) | 44 (22.60) | ||
Secondary | 416 (7.30) | 21 (5.10) | ||
Higher | 220 (3.90) | 24 (5.30) | ||
Marital status | Never in union | 52 (1.2) | 4(1.60) | 0.009 |
Currently in union | 3653 (91.0) | 184 (95.0) | ||
Formerly in union | 374 (7.80) | 11 (3.40) | ||
Residence | Urban | 1055 (16.0) | 55 (16.70 | 0.86 |
Rural | 3024 (84.0) | 144 (83.30) | ||
Wealth index | Poorest | 1126 (18.10) | 15 (6.0) | 0.008 |
Poorer | 633 (19.8) | 31 (18.60) | ||
Middle | 603 (21.40) | 49(27.0) | ||
Richer | 541 (19.60) | 40 (27.30) | ||
Richest | 1176 (21.0) | 64 (21.10) | ||
Occupation | Not Working | 2170 (51.60) | 54 (31.20) | 0.001 |
Working | 1909 (48.40) | 145 (68.80) | ||
Media access | No | 2446 (63.10) | 96 (55.10) | 0.097 |
Yes | 1633 (36.90) | 103 (44.90) | ||
Distance | Big problem | 2014 (54.40) | 65 (38.60) | 0.003 |
Not a big problem | 2065 (45.60) | 134 (61.40) | ||
Pregnancy intension | Then | 3272 (76.10) | 150 (74.60) | 0.868 |
Later | 537 (15.60) | 32 (15.80) | ||
No more | 270 (8.40) | 17 (9.60) | ||
Parity | One | 1424 (31.60) | 46 (20.10) | 0.006 |
2–4 | 1472 (36.60) | 80 (39.80) | ||
> = 5 | 1183 (31.80) | 73 (40.10) | ||