Research Article

Factors Influencing Nonrenewal of Health Insurance Membership in Ejisu-Juaben Municipality of Ashanti Region, Ghana

Table 3

Logistics regression of household factors that influence the nonrenewal of health insurance membership.

CharacteristicUnivariate logistic regressionMultivariate logistic regression
Odds ratio95% confidence interval valueOdds ratio95% confidence interval value

Income0.050.01
 Below 500RefRef
 500–10000.6550.337–1.2700.210.2160.075–0.6170.01
 1001–20001.3230.673–2.6000.420.0850.019–0.3820.01
 2001–30002.4260.704–8.3680.160.1970.027–1.4330.11
 Over 30013.8820.231–65.3030.340.3690.010–13.2410.58

Expenditure0.01
 Below 100RefRef
 100–2001.1500.235–6.6080.861.6620.284–9.7210.57
 201–5002.7320.602–12.390.197.3441.094–49.2630.04
 501–7002.8240.594–13.4240.1920.7202.398–179.0660.01
 701–10008.6251.796–41.4080.0146.2784.686–457.0040.01
 Above 10005.3671.108–29.0030.0423.8902.219–257.1560.01

Health statusRef0.01Ref
 Excellent
 Very good0.4880.115–2.0530.330.8520.189–3.8490.84
 Good0.1340.032–0.5640.010.2660.057–1.2500.09
 Fair0.3530.066–1.8730.220.4390.062–3.0970.42
 Poor0.5000.0313–7.9940.630.2220.006–8.7360.42

Presence of chronic disease in household0.07
 YesRefRef
 No1.8680.916–3.8080.092.0730.852–5.0440.11

Number of individuals in a household0.01
 1–3RefRef
 4–60.4620.276–0.7750.010.6250.258–1.5140.30
 7 and above0.8730.351–2.1700.770.7960.140–4.5150.80

Number of children in a household0.01
 0RefRef
 10.9370.460–1.9100.851.0080.442–2.2970.97
 20.3180.156–0.6520.010.6440.236–1.7580.39
 30.4190.196–0.8930.020.7820.250–2.4480.67
 40.5180.190–1.1400.200.9190.229–3.6960.91
 50.8060.152–4.2780.800.9810.105–9.1990.99
 61.4500.321–6.5530.631.1560.097–13.7910.91

Number of aged in household0.01
 0RefRef
 10.3530.177–0.7040.010.7180.312–1.6530.44
 20.2390.111–0.6520.010.9010.294–2.7600.86
 3 and above4.2340.691–25.9350.129.4150.704–125.870.90

Wealth status of household0.19
 PoorRefRef
 Middle class0.4780.216–1.0590.070.4880.1556–1.5330.22
 Rich1.0500.084–12.9950.971.1460.039–33.2460.94