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Table 1 Proportion of women who are aware that NHIS covers malaria (2,560)

From: Ghanaian women’s knowledge on whether malaria treatment is covered by the national health insurance: A multilevel regression analysis of national data

Variable

Weighted N n(%)

NHIS covers Malaria treatment

Yes %(CI)

No %(CI)

2,560(100%)

n=2,076; 81.0%

n=484; 19.0%

Age(Years)

15-19

129(5.1)

79.0(71.3-85.6)

21.0(14.4-28.6)

20-24

452(17.7)

80.1(76.2-83.5)

19.9(16.4-23.8)

25-29

601(23.4)

80.0(76.0-83.0)

20.0(17.2-23.6)

30-34

628(24.6)

81.6(78.3-84.5)

18.4(15.4-21.7)

35-39

461(18.0)

82.3(78.5-85.5)

17.7(14.4-21.5)

40-44

229(8.8)

83.0(78.0-87.2)

17.0(12.7-22.2)

45-49

60(2.4)

82.7(72.3-89.7)

17.3(10.3-27.7)

Education

No education

649(25.4)

83.0(80.3-85.4)

17.0(14.5-19.6)

Primary

483(18.9)

81.6(77.9-84.8)

18.4(15.2-22.0)

Secondary

1,256(49.1)

79.0(76.5-81.3)

21.0(18.6-23.5)

Higher

172(6.7)

83.5(76.4-88.8)

16.5(11.1-23.5)

Wealth quintile

Poorest

508(19.8)

84.1(81.5-86.4)

15.9(13.5-18.4)

Poorer

513(20.1)

82.5(78.9-85.5)

17.5(14.4-21.1)

Middle

547(21.4)

82.1(78.3-85.4)

17.9(14.6-21.7)

Richer

517(20.2)

77.4(73.1-81.2)

22.6(18.8-26.8)

Richest

475(18.5)

74.5(69.6-78.9)

25.5(21.0-30.3)

Parity

1

1,532(59.8)

81.1(79.1-83.0)

18.9(17.0-20.9)

2

893(34.9)

80.8(78.0-83.2)

19.2(16.7-21.9)

3

128(5.0)

84.1(76.8-89.4)

15.9(10.6-23.2)

4

7(0.3)

63.6(32.5-86.4)

36.4(13.6-67.5)

Currently pregnant

No or unsure

2,317(90.5)

81.0(79.4-82.6)

19.0(17.4-20.6)

Yes

243(9.5)

81.8(76.2-86.3)

18.2(13.7-23.8)

NHIS subscription

No

976(38.2)

76.4(73.6-78.9)

23.6(21.1-26.4)

Yes

1,583(61.8)

84.0(82.1-85.7)

16.0(14.3-17.9)

Seen/heard malaria message via media

No

1,635(63.9)

82.2(80.4-84.0)

17.8(16.0-19.6)

Yes

925(36.1)

78.7(75.8-81.3)

21.3(18.6-24.2)

Community factors

Ethnicity

Akan

1,229(48.0)

76.9(74.1-79.5)

23.1(20.5-25.9)

Ga/dangme

139(5.4)

76.0(66.8-82.8)

24.0(17.2-33.2)

Ewe

283(11.1)

85.8(81.3-89.3)

14.2(10.6-18.7)

Guan

68(2.6)

86.4(77.4-92.1)

13.6(7.8-22.5)

Mole-dagbani

528(20.6)

85.2(82.3-87.6)

14.8(12.4-17.6)

Grusi

59(2.3)

85.5(77.8-91.0)

14.4(9.0-22.2)

Gurma

160(6.3)

82.0(76.2-86.7)

18.0(13.3-23.8)

Mande

21(0.8)

84.2(68.8-92.8)

15.8(7.2-31.2)

Other

73(2.8)

67.5(56.3-77.1)

32.5(22.9-43.7)

Sex of Family head

Male

1,900(74.2)

82.0(80.2-83.6)

18.0(16.3-19.7)

Female

660(25.8)

78.1(74.6-81.2)

21.9(18.7-25.4)

Residence

Urban

1,198(46.8)

77.1(74.4-79.6)

22.9(20.4-25.6)

Rural

1,362(53.2)

83.7(81.8-85.5)

16.3(14.5-18.2)

Regional level factor

Ecological zone

Coastal

882(34.4)

70.7(67.1-74.0)

29.3(25.9-32.9)

Middle

1,162(45.4)

83.0(80.5-85.1)

17.0(14.9-19.5)

Savanna

516(20.2)

86.8(84.4-88.9)

13.2(11.1-15.6)

  1. Source: 2014 GDHS|| CI: Confidence Interval, NHIS: National Health Insurance Scheme