Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics and OOP payments by women
Variable | Incurred OOP Payments? N = 353 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | Total | ||
n(%) | n (%) | n(%) | ||
Age | < 20 | 3 (8.3) | 33 (91.7) | 36 (10.2) |
20 – 24 | 10 (10.9) | 81 (89.1) | 91 (25.8) | |
25 -29 | 8 (6.8) | 110 (93.2) | 118 (33.4) | |
30- 39 | 7 (7.0) | 93 (93.0) | 100 (28.3) | |
40+ | 4 (50.0) | 4 (50.0) | 8 (2.3) | |
Marital status | Single | 1 (7.7) | 12 (92.3) | 13 (3.7) |
Married | 31 (9.1) | 309 (90.9) | 340 (96.3) | |
Highest educational level | No formal education | 6 (12.8) | 41 (87.2) | 47 (13.3) |
Basic education | 21 (10.9) | 172 (89.1) | 193 (54.7) | |
Secondary/Technical education | 2 (3.1) | 62 (96.9) | 64 (18.1) | |
Tertiary | 3 (6.1) | 46 (93.9) | 49 (13.9) | |
Occupation | Unemployed | 1 (4.2) | 23 (95.8) | 24 (6.8) |
Trader | 8 (11.3) | 63 (88.7) | 71 (20.1) | |
Farmer | 18 (14.9) | 103 (85.1) | 121 (34.3) | |
Public/Civil servant | 2 (4.4) | 44 (95.6) | 46 (13.0) | |
Student | 1 (2.6) | 37 (97.4) | 38 (10.8) | |
Other | 2 (3.8) | 51 (96.2) | 53 (15.0) | |
Religious background | Traditional | 4 (6.7) | 13 (93.3) | 17 (4.8) |
Catholic | 9 (6.0) | 170 (94.0) | 174 (49.3) | |
Protestant | 16 (12.6) | 118 (87.4) | 134 (37.9) | |
Muslim | 2 (7.1) | 26 (92.9) | 28 (8.0) | |
Ethnicity | Kasem | 15 (6.8) | 206 (93.2) | 221 (62.6) |
Nankam | 15 (14.2) | 91 (85.8) | 106 (30.0) | |
Other | 2 (7.7) | 24 (92.3) | 26 (7.4) | |
Number of births | 1 | 10 (8.4) | 109 (91.6) | 119 (33.7) |
2 | 8 (8.3) | 88 (91.7) | 96 (27.2) | |
3 | 4 (5.7) | 66 (94.3) | 70 (19.8) | |
4 or more | 10 (14.7) | 58 (85.3) | 68 (19.3) | |