Table 1 Sample description
From: The impact of health insurance enrollment on health outcomes in Kenya
VARIABLES | N (% /Mean) |
|---|---|
Mortality | 831 (3.82) |
Illness experience | 5,244 (24.10) |
Chronic illness experience | 866 (3.98) |
Health Insurance status | 3,920 (18.02) |
Out of pocket expenditures in KES | 4,948 (15,619.8) |
Household incurred OOP | 4,948 (22.73) |
Proportion with health insurance per cluster | 21,773 (12.00) |
Age in years | 21,757 (27.19) |
Age of household head in years | 8,221 (44.01) |
Age groups | |
 Early childhood | 2,970 (13.65) |
 Late childhood | 3,516 (16.16) |
 Adolescence & youth | 5,025 (23.10) |
 Adults | 8,162 (37.51) |
 Elderly | 2,084 (9.58) |
 Male gender | 11,153 (51.22) |
 Male gender of household head | 5,282 (64.19) |
Marital status | |
 Married | 7,462 (44.53) |
 Special singlea | 2,446 (14.60) |
 Single | 6,849 (40.87) |
 Average household size | 21,773 (4.26) |
Education | |
 None | 7,938 (47.32) |
 Primary | 4,664 (27.80) |
 Secondary and higher | 4,173 (24.88) |
 Employment status | |
 Formal | 4,112 (18.89) |
 Informal | 7,011 (32.20) |
 Not working | 10,650 (48.91) |
Mean income by quintile in KES | |
 Poorest | 4,355 (2,060.07) |
 Poor-middle | 4,355 (3,456.84) |
 Middle | 4,354 (4,990.32) |
 Middle-rich | 4,355 (7,377.54) |
 Richest | 4,355 (15,242.26) |
Religion | |
 Christian | 18,236 (83.76) |
 Muslim | 2,876 (13.21) |
 Hindu and others | 661 (3.04) |
 Rural residence | 13,092 (60.13) |
 Media exposure | 5,369 (24.71) |
Main source of energy for cooking | |
 wood-based e.g. firewood, charcoal | 19,789 (91.12) |
 Electricity | 129 (0.59) |
 LPG gas | 1,799 (8.28) |
Sanitation- Type of toilet facility | |
 Flush or pour flush | 2,501 (11.51) |
 Pit latrine | 16,043 (73.83) |
 No toilet facility | 2,997 (13.79) |
 Others | 189 (0.87) |
Drinking water access type | |
 Piped or bottled water | 9,791 (45.05) |
 Dug well / spring water | 6,082 (27.98) |
 Rain and surface water | 4,785 (22.02) |
 Vendors water | 826 (3.80) |
 Others | 250 (1.15) |
Dwelling type of walls | |
 Natural walls e.g. mud, grass | 6,999 (32.20) |
 Rudimentary walls e.g. bamboo, cardboard | 4,219 (19.41) |
 Finished walls e.g. stone, cement | 10,210 (46.98) |
 Others | 306 (1.41) |
 Distance to water source in Kilometers | 19,852 (0.79) |
 Distance to water source-time in Minutes | 19,885 (22.12) |
 Distance to nearest tar/asphalt road in Kilometers | 21,415 (21.75) |
 Distance to nearest bus/matatu stage in Kilometers | 21,713 (4.19) |
 Distance to nearest market in Kilometers | 21,704 (8.24) |
 Distance to nearest public primary school in Kilometers | 21,599 (1.26) |
 Distance to nearest public secondary school in Kilometers | 21,619 (4.56) |
 Distance to nearest health facility in Kilometers | 21,725 (2.02) |