Wealth Status, Health Insurance, and Maternal Health Care Utilization in Africa: Evidence from Gabon

Table 1

Percentage distribution of respondents’ characteristics (n = 8,422).

Variable	n	%
Age (29 ± 9.9)
15–19	1834	21.8
20–24	1573	18.7
25–29	1294	15.4
30–34	1102	13.1
35–39	1008	12.0
40–44	866	10.3
45–49	745	8.9
Place of residence
Urban	5736	68.1
Rural	2686	31.9
Region
Libreville-Port-Gentil	1557	18.5
Estuaire	844	10.0
Haut-Ogooue	875	10.4
Moyen-Ogooue	681	8.1
Ngounie	871	10.3
Nyanga	672	8.0
Ogooue Maritime	560	6.7
Ogooue-Ivindo	984	11.7
Ogooue-Lolo	741	8.8
Woleu-Ntem	637	7.6
Religion
Christianity	7273	86.4
Islam	373	4.4
Other religions	103	1.2
No religion	665	7.9
Wealth index
Poorest	3076	36.5
Poorer	1906	22.6
Middle	1302	15.5
Richer	1141	13.6
Richest	997	11.8
Working status
Currently employed	3532	42.0
Unemployed	4873	58.0
Sex of the household head
Male	5361	63.7
Female	3061	36.3
Reading newspaper/magazine
Yes	3884	46.2
No	4526	53.8
Listening to radio
Yes	4288	51.0
No	4128	49.0
Watching TV
Yes	7008	83.3
No	1406	16.7
Level of education
None	383	4.6
Primary	2870	34.1
Secondary	4818	57.2
Higher	351	4.2
Marital status
Never married	2765	32.8
Currently married/living with a partner	5657	67.2
Wanted last child
Then	2325	56.4
Later	1508	36.6
No more	292	7.0
Age at first birth
<18 years	3003	47.1
18–25 years	3083	48.3
≥26 years	297	4.6
Parity
Nil	2039	24.2
1–3	3682	43.7
≥4	2701	32.1
Women’s decision-making power
Low	677	34.8
Moderate	667	34.2
High	604	31.0
Health insurance coverage
Yes	4550	54.2
No	3844	45.8