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Table 3 Adjusted Odds Ratios (aOR) of each study outcome and socioeconomic determinants

From: Unraveling socioeconomic determinants of health-related behavior, reception of information, and perceptions on disease disclosure at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic: did health insurance curb the disparities in the Philippines?

Socioeconomic factor

Outcomes

aOR (95% Confidence Interval)

Receipt of information about COVID-19

Refusal to disclose disease in the family

Uptake of free preventive services

Treatment-seeking behavior

Wealth

Poor

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Nonpoor

1.30 (1.18,1.44)*

0.98 (0.82,1.16)

1.15 (1.02,1.3)*

1.74 (1.4,2.18)*

Educational attainment

Below secondary

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At least secondary

1.34 (1.23,1.47)*

0.90 (0.72,1.12)

1.13 (1.004,1.27)*

1.18 (0.92,1.5)

Region

I

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II

1.35 (1.15,1.6)*

0.5 (0.34,0.75)*

1.01 (0.79,1.31)

0.99 (0.77,1.28)

III

0.93 (0.79,1.09)

0.43 (0.28,0.67)*

0.94 (0.7,1.25)

1.22 (0.94,1.59)

IV

1.23 (1.03,1.48)*

0.51 (0.35,0.74)*

1.68 (1.25,2.24)*

1.74 (1.29,2.34)*

  1. Abbreviation aOR- adjusted odds ratio; CI- confidence interval
  2. aclassification based on poverty incidence with regions in the first quartile having the highest level of weighted regional poverty incidence in 2021