Willingness to Pay for Social Health Insurance and Its Predictors among Government Employees in Mujja Town, Ethiopia

Table 1

Socio-demographic and economic characteristics of the government employees in Muja town, northeast Ethiopia, 2016 (n = 375).

Variable	Category	Frequency	Percent
Age	≤24	54	14.4
	25–29	162	43.2
	30–34	66	17.6
	35–39	41	10.9
	>40	52	13.9
	Mean ± SD	(30.59 ± 7.05)
Sex	Male	238	63.5
	Female	137	36.5
Educational status of respondents	Below diploma	21	5.6
	Diploma	173	46.1
	First degree and above	181	48.3
Ethnicity	Amhara	337	89.9
	Others	38	10.1
Marital status	Married	203	54.1
	Not married	172	45.9
Occupation	Health	58	15.4
	Police	34	9.1
	Education	255	68.0
	Women and child affairs	28	7.5
Religion	Orthodox	338	90.1
	Others	37	9.9
Family size	1	101	26.9
	2-3	155	41.3
	4-5	91	24.3
	≥6	28	7.5
Monthly income (ETB)	<1400	35	9.3
	1401–2350	178	47.5
	2351–3550	114	30.4
	>3550	48	12.8
	Median ± IQR	2493.824 (±1203.058)

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