Table 3 Logistic Regression on predictors of health insurance status among children under five years in Ghana, 2017/18

Sex of child

  Male

  Female

1(ref)

0.98 (0.85–1.12)

0.7311

1 (ref)

0.98 (0.85–1.13)

0.8045

Age of child (months)

  0–11

  12–23

  24–35

  36–47

  48–59

1(ref)

1.66 (1.37–2.00)

2.42 (2.02–2.89)

2.12 (1.76–2.55)

2.17 (1.79–2.63)

 < 0.0001

1 (ref)

1.72 (1.42–2.10)

2.70 (2.22–3.29)

2.30 (1.88–2.81)

2.44 (1.99–2.99)

 < 0.0001

Mother’s education

  Pre-primary/none

  Primary

  Junior High School

  Senior High School

   Higher

1(ref)

0.76 (0.62–0.93)

1.05 (0.87–1.26)

1.40 (1.09–1.81)

2.96 (2.07–4.25)

 < 0.0001

1(ref)

0.83 (0.67–1.02)

1.16 (0.95–1.42)

1.37 (1.02–1.82)

2.14 (1.39–3.30)

0.0002

Wealth quintile

  Poorest

  Second

  Middle

  Fourth

  Richest

1(ref)

1.19 (0.95–1.49)

1.28 (0.98–1.66)

1.36 (1.05–1.76)

2.31 (1.77–3.02)

 < 0.0001

1(ref)

1.47 (1.15–1.89)

1.59 (1.16–2.17)

1.73 (1.28–2.35)

2.82 (2.00–3.98)

 < 0.0001

Residence

  Urban

  Rural

1(ref)

0.66 (0.55–0.79)

 < 0.0001

1(ref)

0.75 (0.61- 0.91)

0.0002

Region

  Greater Accra

  Western

  Central

  Volta

  Eastern

  Ashanti

  Brong- Ahafo

  Northern

  Upper East

  Upper West

1(ref)

1.13 (0.77–1.63)

0.87 (0.60–1.26)

1.33 (0.83–2.13)

1.52 (1.06–2.18)

1.37 (0.99–1.89)

3.38 (2.27–5.04)

1.36 (0.97–1.90)

3.14 (2.21–4.44)

1.92 (1.33–2.76)

 < 0.0001

1(ref)

1.93 (1.32–2.80)

1.38 (0.92–2.08)

2.81 (1.65–4.80)

2.68 (1.86–3.86)

2.13 (1.50–3.02)

6.61 (4.24–10.30)

3.23 (2.18–4.80)

8.74 (5.35–13.40)

4.82 (3.04–7.66)

 < 0.0001

Ethnicity

  Akan

  Mole Dagbani

  Others (Ewe, Gruma etc.)

1(ref)

1.17 (0.94–1.45)

1.00 (0.83–1.19)

 < 0.0001

1(ref)

1.07 (0.80–1.43)

1.09 (0.90–1.31)

 < 0.0001