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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population of 300 residents of two communities in rural western Kenya, 2018–2019

From: The relationship between a microfinance-based healthcare delivery platform, health insurance coverage, health screenings, and disease management in rural Western Kenya

  

Microfinance group membershipa

 
 

Total

N = 300

Yes

N = 100

No

N = 200

P*

Socio-demographic characteristics

 

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

 

 Gender

   

< 0.0001

  Male

112 (37.3)

19 (19.0)

93 (46.5)

 

  Female

188 (62.7)

81 (81.0)

107 (46.5)

 

 Age

   

0.0006

   < 20

24 (8.0)

1 (1.0)

23 (11.5)

 

  20–29

51 (17.0)

11 (11.0)

40 (20.0)

 

  30–39

68 (22.7)

32 (32.0)

36 (18.0)

 

  40–49

76 (25.3)

30 (30.0)

46 (23.0)

 

  50+

81 (27.0)

26 (26.0)

55 (27.5)

 

 Marital status

   

< 0.0001

  Never married

45 (15.1)

1 (1.0)

44 (22.1)

 

  Currently married

219 (73.2)

84 (84.0)

135 (67.8)

 

  Divorced/separated

35 (11.7)

15 (15.0)

20 (10.1)

 

  Missing

1

0

1

 

 Education

   

0.2

  None/ Some primary

92 (30.7)

31 (31.0)

61 (30.5)

 

  Primary

116 (38.7)

45 (45.0)

71 (35.5)

 

  Secondary

69 (23.0)

20 (20.0)

49 (24.5)

 

  Post-secondary

23 (7.7)

4 (4.0)

19 (9.5)

 

 Work outside home (last 30 days)

   

0.4

  Yes

59 (19.7)

17 (17.0)

42 (21.1)

 

  No

240 (80.3)

83 (83.0)

157 (78.9)

 

  Missing

1

0

1

 

 Household asset quartileb

   

0.7

  Q1

70 (25.6)

21 (23.6)

49 (26.5)

 

  Q2

70 (25.6)

27 (30.3)

43 (23.2)

 

  Q3

61 (22.3)

19 (21.4)

32 (22.7)

 

  Q4

73 (26.6)

22 (24.7)

51 (27.6)

 

  Missing

26

11

15

 

 Current NHIF coverage

   

0.2

  Yes

33 (11.0)

14 (14.1)

19 (9.5)

 

  No

266 (89.0)

85 (85.9)

181 (90.5)

 

  Missing

1

1

0

 

 Household size [Mean (SD)]

5.0 (2.27)

5.2 (2.37)

4.8 (2.21)

0.2

Health screening characteristics

 HIV screening

   

< 0.0001

  Yes

252 (84.0)

96 (96.0)

156 (78.0)

 

  No

48 (16.0)

4 (4.0)

44 (22.0)

 

 Diabetes screening

   

< 0.0001

  Yes

124 (41.3)

77 (77.0)

47 (23.5)

 

  No

176 (58.7)

23 (23.0)

153 (76.5)

 

 Hypertension screening

   

< 0.0001

  Yes

191 (63.7)

96 (96.0)

95 (47.5)

 

  No

109 (36.3)

4 (4.0)

105 (52.5)

 

 Tuberculosis screening

   

0.0001

  Yes

31 (10.3)

20 (20.0)

11 (5.5)

 

  No

269 (89.7)

80 (80.0)

189 (94.5)

 

 Cervical cancer screening

   

0.005

  Yes

36 (19.2)

23 (28.4)

13 (12.2)

 

  No

152 (80.9)

58 (71.6)

94 (87.9)

 

Disease management outcomes, among those who report HIV, diabetes, or hypertension diagnoses (n = 32)

 Medical visit in last 6 months

   

0.1

  Yes

23 (71.9)

10 (90.9)

13 (61.9)

 

  No

9 (28.1)

1 (9.1)

8 (38.1)

 

 Currently taking medication

   

0.1

  Yes

17 (53.1)

8 (72.7)

9 (42.9)

 

  No

15 (46.9)

3 (27.3)

12 (57.1)

 
  1. *p-value reported for chi-square test for categorical variables and t-test for continuous variables. P-values calculated among observations with non-missing values
  2. aMember of BIGPIC Family microfinance group for at least 6 months prior to interview
  3. bMeasured by adding up the self-reported value (at time of purchase) of 20 key items in participant’s household