Research Article
Population Characteristics and Their Implications on the Benefit Basket of National Social Health Insurance Scheme in Sierra Leone: A Prospective View
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of household heads.
| Variables | Frequency (n = 1,185) | Percentage |
| District of household heads | Kono | 167 | 14.09 | Bo | 190 | 16.03 | Bombali | 200 | 16.88 | Koinadugu | 135 | 11.39 | Western Area Urban | 347 | 29.28 | Western Area Rural | 146 | 12.32 |
| Location of household heads | Rural area | 364 | 30.72 | Urban area | 821 | 69.28 |
| Age in years (categories of household heads) | 20–29 | 105 | 8.86 | 30–39 | 517 | 43.63 | 40–49 | 354 | 29.87 | 50–59 | 177 | 14.94 | 60+ | 32 | 2.7 | Female | 382 | 32.24 | Male | 803 | 67.76 |
| Marital status of household heads | Single | 161 | 13.59 | Married | 856 | 72.24 | Divorced | 101 | 8.52 | Widowed | 67 | 5.65 |
| The religion of household heads | Islam | 561 | 47.34 | Christianity | 624 | 52.66 |
| Occupation of household heads | Informal | 746 | 62.95 | Formal | 439 | 37.05 |
| Categories of household head monthly income | — | — | Mean | SD | <Le 500,000 | 444 | 37.47 | 1,069,945 | 1,307,152 | Le 500,000–1,000,000 | 418 | 35.27 | >Le 1,000,000 | 323 | 27.26 |
| Educational qualification of household heads | No formal education | 306 | 25.82 | Primary school education | 158 | 13.33 | Secondary school education | 248 | 20.93 | Tertiary education | 473 | 39.92 |
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