Sociodemographic Inequalities in Health Insurance Ownership among Women in Selected Francophone Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa

Table 1

Description of the variables included in the analysis.

Variables	Codebook	Description
Outcome variable
Covered by health insurance	No (0), yes (1)	Whether or not a respondent is currently insured
Explanatory variables
Age	15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, and 45-49 years	Age of respondent at the time of survey
Marital status	Not married (1), married (2)	Current marital status
Residency	Urban (1), rural (2)	Type of place residency
Education	None/less than primary (0), primary (1), secondary (2), higher (3)	Educational level based on total number of years of schooling
Wealth quintile	Poorest (1), poorer (2), middle (3), richer (4), richest (5)	Wealth index calculated based on possession of durable goods by a household [20]
Employment	No (0), yes (1)	Has outdoor employment
Media access	No (0), yes (1)	Has access to TV and radio