Health insurance coverage in Ethiopia: financial protection in the Era of sustainable development goals (SDGs)

Health Economics Review

Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants, Ethiopia, 2019 (n = 8663)

Variables	Categories	Frequency	Percent (%)
Administrative regions	Tigray	585	6.75
	Afar	88	1.01
	Amhara	2,109	24.35
	Oromia	3,207	37.02
	Somali	419	4.83
	Benishangul-Gumuz	94	1.08
	SNNP	1,668	19.25
	Gambela	35	0.41
	Harari	25	0.29
	Addis Ababa	376	4.34
	Dire Dawa	57	0.66
Place of residence	Urban	2,664	30.75
Place of residence	Rural	5,999	69.25
Sex of household head	Male	6,751	77.93
Sex of household head	Female	1,912	22.07
Wealth index	Poorest	1,498	17.30
	Poorer	1,634	18.87
	Middle	1,675	19.34
	Richer	1,738	20.06
	Richest	2,117	24.44
Family size	Five or less	4,270	49.28
Family size	Above five members	4,393	50.72
Under five children	No	4,387	50.65
Under five children	Yes	4,276	49.35
Age of household head	15–30 years	2,266	26.15
	31–40 years	2,232	25.76
	41–64 years	2,912	33.62
	65 + years	1,253	14.47
	Mean ± SD = 43.04 ± 16.49 years
Health facility visits	Only one visit	7,717	89.07
Health facility visits	Two or more visits	946	10.93

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