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Table 3 Characteristics of households that participated in the discrete choice experiment

From: Household preferences and willingness to pay for health insurance in Kampala City: a discrete choice experiment

Variable

Slum community

Non-slum area community

Total

 

Frequency (percentage)

Frequency (percentage)

Frequency (percentage)

Sex

 Female

34 (28.3)

37 (30.8)

71 (29.6)

 Male

86 (71.7)

83 (69.2)

169 (70.4)

Age

Mean 32.49 (SD 8.2)

Mean 37.29 (SD = 10.6)***

Mean = 34.89 (SD = 9.8)

Marriage status

 Married

79 (65.8)

84 (70.0)

163 (67.9)

 Not married

41 (34.2)

36 (30.0)

77 (32.1)

Number of HH with children

 0–3

88 (73.3)

68 (56.7)

156 (65.0)

 > 3

32 (26.7)

52 (43.3)***

84 (35.0)

History of paying for health in government facilities

 Yes

107 (89.2)

106 (88.3)

212 (88.3)

 No

13 (10.8)

14 (11.7)

28 (11.7)

Education level

 No education

5 (4.2)

5 (4.2)

10 (4.2)

 Primary education

44 (36.7)

24 (20.0)

68 (28.3)

 Senior 4

32 (26.7)

49 (40.8)

81 (33.8)

 Senior 6

21 (17.5)

21 (17.5)

42 (17.5)

 University

13 (10.8)

16 (13.3)

29 (12.1)

 Vocational institute

5 (4.2)

5 (4.2)***

10 (4.2)

Occupation

 Salaried employee

38 (31.7)

39 (32.5)

77 (32.1)

 Casual worker

17 (14.2)

14 (11.7)

31 (12.9)

 Self-employed

43 (35.8)

55 (45.8)

98 (40.8)

 Unemployed

18 (15.0)

7 (5.8)

25 (10.4)

 Others

84(72.0)

85(70.8)***

169 (70.4)

HH income per month

Mean 367,625 (SD 269,622.7)

Mean 615,750 (SD 645,989)***

Mean 491,687.5(SD = 510,226.2)

HH income per month categories (UGX)

 0–200,000

42 (35.0)

14 (11.7)

22 (9.2)

 200,001–400,000

44 (36.7)

41 (34.2)

85 (35.4)

 400,001–600,000

19 (15.8)

32 (26.7)

51 (21.3)

 > 600,001

15 (12.5)

33 (27.5)****

48 (20.0)

Possession of health insurance

 Yes

8 (6.7)

7 (5.9)

16 (6.7)

 No

112 (93.3)

113 (94.1)

224 (93.3)

The usual source of health care

 Public facilities

58 (48.3)

46 (38.3)

104 (43.3)

 Private facilities

62 (51.7)

74 (61.7)***

136 (56.7)

Chronic illness in HH

 Yes

45 (37.5)

36 (30.0)

81 (33.8)

 No

75 (62.5)

84 (70.0)***

159 (66.2)

Socio-economic status

 Quantile 1

44 (37.7)

16 (13.3)

60 (25.0)

 Quantile 2

36 (30.0)

24 (20.0)

60 (25.0)

 Quantile 3

28 (23.3)

32 (26.7)

60 (25.0)

 Quantile 4

12 (10.0)

48 (40.0)****

60 (25.0)

  1. P values for categorical values were based on chi-squared tests while for continuous variables, it was based on t-tests
  2. Private facilities include facilities owned by private individuals and organizations and faith-based organizations
  3. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001, Where asterisks do not exist, there was no statistically significant difference in the variable identified