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Table 1 Distribution of health insurance coverage across explanatory variables

From: Determinants of health insurance coverage among women in Mauritania: a multilevel analysis

Variable

Weighted

Health insurance subscription

Sample

Percentage

Yes (%)

P-value

Women’s age (years)

   

< 0.001

15–24

6,403

40.7

7.5 [6.3, 9.0]

 

25–34

4,816

30.7

7.7 [6.6, 8.9]

 

35 and above

4,495

28.6

11.6 [10.2, 13.1]

 

Level of education

   

< 0.001

No education

5,153

32.8

2.3 [1.8, 3.0]

 

Primary

6,056

38.5

5.0 [4.2, 5.9]

 

Secondary

4,144

26.4

19.9 [17.4, 22.6]

 

Higher

361

2.3

35.6 [29.9, 41.7]

 

Current working status

   

< 0.001

Not working

12,552

79.9

7.8 [6.8, 8.9]

 

Working

3,162

20.1

12.3 [10.4, 14.6]

 

Marital status

   

0.960

Never in union

4,185

26.6

8.9 [7.5, 10.5]

 

Married

9,825

62.5

8.7 [7.7, 9.8]

 

Widowed

228

1.5

9.5 [5.6, 15.9]

 

Divorced

1,476

9.4

8.5 [6.4, 11.0]

 

Parity

   

0.031

Nulliparity

5,666

36.0

8.9 [7.5, 10.5]

 

Primiparity

1,888

12.0

7.5 [5.9, 9.5]

 

Multiparity

4,489

28.6

9.8 [8.6, 11.1]

 

Grand parity

3,671

23.4

7.8 [6.7, 9.1]

 

Watch television

   

< 0.001

No

7,436

47.3

2.7 [2.0, 3.6]

 

Yes

8,278

52.7

14.1 [12.4, 16.0]

 

Listen to radio

   

< 0.001

No

8,736

55.6

7.0 [6.0, 8.2]

 

Yes

6,978

44.4

10.9 [9.5, 12.4]

 

Read newspapers or magazines

   

< 0.001

No

13,095

83.3

7.0 [6.0, 8.1]

 

Yes

2,619

16.7

17.5 [15.1, 20.2]

 

Internet usage

   

< 0.001

No

9,916

63.1

4.0 [3.4, 4.6]

 

Yes

5,798

36.9

16.9 [15.0, 19.0]

 

Sex of household head

   

0.038

Male

9,367

59.6

9.3 [8.1, 10.7]

 

Female

6,347

40.4

7.9 [6.7, 9.2]

 

Wealth index

   

< 0.001

Poorest

2,706

17.2

0.3 [0.2, 0.6]

 

Poorer

2,854

18.2

0.9 [0.6, 1.4]

 

Middle

3,145

20.0

3.6 [2.7, 4.8]

 

Richer

3,474

22.1

9.1 [7.6, 10.8]

 

Richest

3,535

22.5

25.7 [22.9, 28.7]

 

Place of residence

   

< 0.001

Urban

8,053

51.2

15.3 [13.4, 17.4]

 

Rural

7,661

48.8

1.8 [1.4, 2.3]

 

Region

   

< 0.001

Hodh Echargui

2,034

12.9

1.7 [1.0, 2.9]

 

Hodh Gharbi

1,579

10.1

4.2 [2.0, 8.8]

 

Assaba

1,249

8.0

3.8 [2.6, 5.5]

 

Gorgol

1,293

8.2

4.0 [2.3, 6.8]

 

Brakna

1,282

8.2

4.8 [3.3, 6.8]

 

Trarza

961

6.1

7.0 [5.0, 9.6]

 

Adrar

298

1.9

12.8 [10.1, 16.1]

 

Dakhlet Nouadhibou

539

3.4

22.2 [15.4, 30.9]

 

Tagant

349

2.2

8.0 [5.2, 12.3]

 

Guidimagha

1,244

7.9

1.5 [0.7, 2.9]

 

Tiris zemour et Inchiri

273

1.7

31.5 [22.7, 41.9]

 

Nouakchott Ouest

793

5.1

15.3 [10.6, 21.5]

 

Nouakchott Nord

2,073

13.2

17.2 [13.3, 21.8]

 

Nouakchott Sud

1,747

11.1

15.9 [11.2, 22.0]

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