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Table 1 Socio-demographic of the respondents by enrolment status

From: Barriers and facilitators to enrollment and re-enrollment into the community health funds/Tiba Kwa Kadi (CHF/TIKA) in Tanzania: a cross-sectional inquiry on the effects of socio-demographic factors and social marketing strategies

Characteristics

Total, n (%)

Shinyanga, n (%)

Singida, n (%)

Response rate

460(92.7)

228(91.9)

232(93.5)

Residential Locality

 Rural

235(51.1)

116(50.9)

119(51.3)

 Urban

225(48.9)

112(49.1)

113(48.7)

Level of Health Facility

 Dispensary

202(43.9)

103(45.2)

99(42.7)

 Health Centre

258(56.1)

125(54.8)

133(57.3)

Status of enrollment in CHF/TIKA

 CHF/TIKA Member

229(49.8)

115(50.4)

114(49.1)

 Non CHF/TIKA Member

231(50.2)

113(49.6)

118(50.9)

Sex

 Male

200(43.5)

104(45.6)

96(41.4)

 Female

260(56.5)

124(54.4)

136(58.6)

Age Group

  < 25

109(23.7)

50(21.9)

59(25.4)

 25-34

152(33.0)

65(28.5)

87(37.5)

 35-44

114(24.8)

69(30.3)

45(19.4)

 45-54

52(11.3)

24(10.5)

28(12.1)

 55+

33(7.2)

20(8.8)

13(5.6)

Marital Status

 Married

356(77.3)

176(77.2)

180(77.6)

 Single

55(12.0)

19((8.3)

36(15.5)

 Others

49(10.7)

33(14.5)

16(6.9)

Education level

 No formal education

57(12.4)

40(17.5)

17(7.3)

 Primary

320(69.5)

148(64.9)

172(74.2)

 Secondary

78(17.0)

38(16.7)

40(17.2)

 Others

5(1.1)

2(0.9)

3(1.3)

Occupation

 Farmer/peasants

287(62.4)

141(61.8)

146(62.9)

 Employed

16(3.5)

7(3.1)

9(3.9)

 Business

86(18.7)

43(18.9)

43(18.5)

 Student

14(3.0)

5(2.2)

9(3.9)

 None

23(5.0)

13(5.7)

10(4.3)

 Others

34(7.4)

19(8.3)

15(6.5)

Sex of Head of Household

 Male

404(87.8)

196(86.0)

208(89.7)

 Female

56(12.2)

32(14.0)

24(10.3)

 Mean monthly income

199,884.4

215,154.2

185,489.0

 Mean household size

6.0

6.6

5.3