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Table 1 The distribution of participants by socio-demographic characteristics and health insurance coverage (N = 4513)

From: Health insurance is important in improving maternal health service utilization in Tanzania—analysis of the 2011/2012 Tanzania HIV/AIDS and malaria indicator survey

Variables

Health insurance coverage

P-value

Not covered

Covered

n

%

n

%

Education:

 No education

984

97.2

28

2.8

***

 Primary

2730

94.0

174

6.0

 Secondary+

518

86.8

79

13.2

Age groups:

 15–19

381

96.2

15

3.8

 

 20–24

1034

94.3

63

5.7

 25–29

1074

92.8

83

7.2

 30–34

767

93.7

52

6.3

 35–39

626

94.5

49

7.3

 40–44

275

96.2

16

5.5

 45–49

75

93.2

3

3.8

Occupation:

 Unemployed

541

94.6

31

5.4

***

 Self employed

2958

94.4

175

5.6

 Manual labor

594

94.7

33

5.3

 Employed

139

76.8

42

23.2

Marital Status:

 Never married

290

92.1

25

7.9

**

 Married/living together

3533

93.6

243

6.4

 Divorced/Separated

409

96.9

13

3.1

Area of residence:

 Urban

666

91.5

62

8.5

**

 Rural

3566

94.2

219

5.8

Wealth:

 Poorest

918

96.4

34

3.6

***

 Poorer

921

94.9

50

5.1

 Middle

907

95.0

48

5.0

 Richer

860

93.7

58

6.3

 Richest

626

87.3

91

12.7

  1. Here *, ** and *** indicate p < 0.05, p < 0.01 and p < 0.001 respectively