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Table 1 Respondents’ Social Demographic characteristics (n = 422)

From: Assessing health system responsiveness in primary health care facilities in Tanzania

Characteristic

Rural

Urban

N (%)

N (%)

Gender of the participants

 Male patient

103 (24.5)

106 (25.2)

 Female patient

105 (25.0)

106 (25.2)

Ages of the participants

 15–24 years

45 (10.7)

35 (8.3)

 25–35 years

73 (17.4)

77 (18.3)

 36–44 years

46 (11.0)

44 (10.5)

 45 and above

44 (10.5)

56 (13.3)

Marital status

 Married

164 (39.1)

170 (40.5)

 Single

39 (9.3)

38 (9.0)

 Widow/widowed

5 (1.2)

4 (1.0)

Education level

 Primary

133 (31.7)

132 (31.4)

 Secondary

26 (6.2)

43 (10.2)

 Post Secondary

49 (11.6)

28 (9.8)

What is the size of your family?

 Below or 3 members

57 (13.6)

60 (14.3)

 4–6 members

82 (19.5)

99 (23.6)

 Above 6 members

69 (16.4)

53 (12.6)

Patient’s number of visits to the facility before

 Twice

24 (5.7)

27 (6.4)

 Thrice

15 (3.6)

26 (6.2)

 Four times

20 (4.8)

13 (3.1)

 Five times

17 (4.0)

11 (2.6)

 More than five times

132 (31.4)

135 (32.1)

Distance covered to get health services

 Within 5 km

144 (34.3)

138 (32.9)

 5–10 km

42 (10.0)

47 (11.2)

 Above 10 km

22 (5.2)

27 (6.4)