Population Characteristics and Their Implications on the Benefit Basket of National Social Health Insurance Scheme in Sierra Leone: A Prospective View

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of household heads.

Variables	Frequency (n = 1,185)	Percentage
District of household heads
Kono	167	14.09
Bo	190	16.03
Bombali	200	16.88
Koinadugu	135	11.39
Western Area Urban	347	29.28
Western Area Rural	146	12.32
Location of household heads
Rural area	364	30.72
Urban area	821	69.28
Age in years (categories of household heads)
20–29	105	8.86
30–39	517	43.63
40–49	354	29.87
50–59	177	14.94
60+	32	2.7
Female	382	32.24
Male	803	67.76
Marital status of household heads
Single	161	13.59
Married	856	72.24
Divorced	101	8.52
Widowed	67	5.65
The religion of household heads
Islam	561	47.34
Christianity	624	52.66
Occupation of household heads
Informal	746	62.95
Formal	439	37.05
Categories of household head monthly income	—	—	Mean	SD
<Le 500,000	444	37.47	1,069,945	1,307,152
Le 500,000–1,000,000	418	35.27
>Le 1,000,000	323	27.26
Educational qualification of household heads
No formal education	306	25.82
Primary school education	158	13.33
Secondary school education	248	20.93
Tertiary education	473	39.92