Research Article
Acceptance for Social Health Insurance among Health Professionals in Government Hospitals, Mekelle City, North Ethiopia
Table 1
Sociodemographic and economic characteristics of health professionals in government hospitals, Mekelle city, North Ethiopia, 2017 (N = 408).
| Variables | Category | Frequency (n = 408) | Percentage (%) |
| Sex | Male | 205 | 50.2 | Female | 203 | 49.8 |
| Age | 20–30 | 220 | 53.9 | 31–40 | 146 | 35.8 | Mean age ± SD | ≥41 | 42 | 10.3 | 32 ± 6.7 | | |
| Ethnicity | Tigrie | 372 | 91.1 | Amhara | 17 | 4.2 | Others | 19 | 4.7 |
| Religion | Orthodox | 353 | 85.7 | Muslim | 33 | 8 | Others | 22 | 5.3 |
| Marital status | Single | 168 | 41.2 | Married | 222 | 54.4 | Others | 18 | 4.4 |
| Family size | 1–3 | 280 | 68.6 | ≥4 | 128 | 31.4 |
| Children <5 | Yes | 142 | 65.2 | No | 266 | 34.8 |
| Adults >64 | Yes | 19 | 4.7 | No | 389 | 95.3 |
| Professions | Physician | 62 | 15.2 | Pharmacist | 37 | 9.1 | Nurse | 233 | 57.1 | Midwifery | 22 | 5.4 | Medical laboratory | 29 | 7.1 | Physiotherapy | 7 | 1.7 | Others | 18 | 4.4 |
| Level of education | Diploma | 44 | 10.8 | Degree | 328 | 80.4 | Masters | 18 | 4.4 | Specialist | 18 | 4.4 |
| Work experiences in years | 1–5 | 246 | 60.3 | 6–10 | 101 | 24.7 | ≥11 | 61 | 15 | Median (IQR) | 5 (4) | | | Monthly salary | <6488 ETB | 229 | 56.1 | 6488-10024 ETB | 131 | 32.1 | ≥10024 ETB | 48 | 11.8 | Median (IQR) ETB | 6488 (3119) | | | Wealth status | Low | 135 | 33.1 | Middle | 150 | 36.8 | High | 123 | 30.1 |
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