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Table 1 Sample characteristics

From: Coping with access barriers to non‐communicable disease medicines: qualitative patient interviews in eight counties in Kenya

 

Total (N = 43)

Hypertension (N = 23)

Asthma (N = 10)

Diabetes or other multiple NCDs

(N = 10)

Age

62.4 (13.9)

66.0 (14.2)

55.3 (16.4)

61.5 (7.6)

Gender:

 Male

10 (23 %)

8 (35 %)

1 (10 %)

1 (11 %)

 Female

33 (77 %)

15 (65 %)

9 (90 %)

9 (90 %)

Marital Status:

 Single

2 (5 %)

1 (4 %)

1 (10 %)

0 (0 %)

 Married or living together

29 (67 %)

18 (78 %)

5 (50 %)

6 (60 %)

 Divorced or separated

1 (2 %)

0 (0 %)

0 (0 %)

1 (10 %)

 Widowed

11(26 %)

4 (17 %)

4 (40 %)

3 (3 %)

Education:

 Preschool (less than 1 year completed)/NONE

8 (19 %)

6 (26 %)

1 (10 %)

1 (10 %)

 Primary School (not completed)

11 (26 %)

4 (17 %)

6 (60 %)

1 (10 %)

 Primary school

7 (16 %)

4 (17 %)

1 (10 %)

2 (20 %)

 Secondary school

10 (23 %)

6 (26 %)

1 (10 %)

3 (30 %)

 Higher than secondary school

7 (16 %)

3 (13 %)

1 (10 %)

3 (30 %)

 Vocational School (Post primary)

0 (0 %)

0 (0 %)

0 (0 %)

0 (0 %)

 household size - adults and children

4.3 (3.0)

4.3 (3.2)

3.9 (2.7)

5 (3.0)

Wealth Groups

 Lowest

9 (21 %)

5(22 %)

4 (40 %)

0 (0 %)

 Middle

20 (47 %)

14 (61 %)

3 (30 %)

3 (30 %)

 Highest

14 (33 %)

4 (17 %)

3 (30 %)

7 (70 %)

  1. Note: Continuous variables reported as mean (SD) and categorical variables reported as N (%); no household size reported for 4 households due to missing data