Research Article

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

Table 3

Health insurance ownership by sociodemographic characteristics ().

VariablesTotalNoYes

Age
15-195.8 (5.6, 6.0)5.8 (5.6, 6.0)4.0 (2.8, 5.3)
20-2420.4 (20.0, 20.7)20.5 (20.1, 20.9)13.5 (11.4, 15.6)
25-2928.2 (27.8, 28.6)28.2 (27.8, 28.6)27.1 (24.4, 29.9)
30-3422.3 (21.9, 22.7)22.2 (21.8, 22.5)27.6 (24.9, 30.4)
35-3914.5 (14.1, 14.8)14.4 (14.1, 14.7)17.2 (14.9, 19.5)
40-446.7 (6.5, 6.9)6.7 (6.5, 6.9)8.6 (6.9, 10.3)
45-492.2 (2.1, 2.4)2.2 (2.1, 2.4)1.9 (1.0, 2.7)≤0.01
Marital status
Not married15.0 (14.7, 15.3)15.1 (14.8, 15.4)11.5 (9.5, 13.4)
Married85.0 (84.7, 85.3)84.9 (84.6, 85.2)88.5 (86.6, 90.5)≤0.01
Residency
Urban26.9 (26.5, 27.3)26.2 (25.8, 26.6)61.5 (58.5, 64.5)
Rural73.1 (72.7, 73.5)73.8 (73.4, 74.2)38.5 (35.5, 41.5)≤0.01
Education
No education68.3 (67.9, 68.7)69.1 (68.7, 69.5)30.7 (27.8, 33.5)
Primary20.1 (19.8, 20.5)20.1 (19.8, 20.5)20.1 (17.6, 22.6)
Secondary10.8 (10.5, 11.0)10.2 (9.9, 10.5)36.9 (34.0, 39.9)
Higher0.8 (0.7, 0.9)0.6 (0.5, 0.6)12.3 (10.3, 14.3)≤0.01
Wealth quintile
Poorest22.9 (22.5, 23.2)23.2 (22.9, 23.6)5.8 (4.4, 7.3)
Poorer20.2 (19.9, 20.6)20.5 (20.1, 20.8)8.1 (6.4, 9.8)
Middle19.6 (19.2, 19.9)19.8 (19.4, 20.1)8.8 (7.0, 10.5)
Richer18.5 (18.2, 18.9)18.6 (18.3, 19.0)15.2 (13.0, 17.4)
Richest18.8 (18.5, 19.2)17.9 (17.6, 18.3)62.1 (59.1, 65.1)≤0.01
Employment
No40.2 (39.8, 40.7)40.4 (40.0, 40.8)31.7 (28.8, 34.6)
Yes59.8 (59.3, 60.2)59.6 (59.2, 60.0)68.3 (65.4, 71.2)≤0.01
Media access
No63.9 (63.3, 64.5)65.1 (64.5, 65.6)22.7 (19.7, 25.8)
Yes36.1 (35.5, 36.7)34.9 (34.4, 35.5)77.3 (74.2, 80.3)≤0.01

N.B. For total sample column, percentage was reported with 95% CIs in parenthesis. For health insurance, row percentage was reported.