Policy Literacy, Barriers, and Gender Impact on Accessibility to Healthcare Services under Compulsory Migrant Health Insurance among Myanmar Migrant Workers in Thailand

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of Myanmar migrant workers (N = 240).

Personal characteristics	Frequency	Percentage
Age (years) (Mean = 31.65, SD = 8.05)
17–24	47	19.6
25–34	115	47.9
35–44	58	24.2
45–54	18	7.5
55–60	2	0.8
Gender
Male	117	48.8
Female	123	51.2
Religion
Buddhist	233	97.1
Christian	1	0.4
Muslim	6	2.5
Educational level
High school and above	26	10.8
Below high school	187	77.9
Monastic education	6	2.5
No education	21	8.8
Marital status
Single	50	20.8
Married	188	78.2
Widowed/divorced/separated	2	0.8
Occupational group
Agriculture	60	25
Construction	66	27.5
Seafood processing	54	22.5
Services (shop/restaurant)	60	25
Monthly income (Median = 9,000, IQR = 8,000–10,000)
3,000–8,000	43	17.9
8,001–9,600	131	54.6
9,601–20,000	66	27.5
Job satisfaction
Yes	209	87.1
No	31	12.9
Personal characteristics	Frequency	Percentage
Duration of stay in Thailand (years)
(Mean = 8.27, SD = 5.45)
1–5	83	34.6
6–10	110	45.8
10–30	47	19.6
Health status within the past year
Sick	112	46.7
Healthy	128	53.3
Living status
Alone	20	8.3
With family	195	81.3
With friends	25	10.4
Experience using CMHI
Yes	127	52.9
No	113	47.1

CMHI, Compulsory Migrant Health Insurance. Monastic education is considered informal education and often accessed by children from very poor families or from remote locations and ethnic minorities.