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Table 3 Personal behavioral factors on SHI demand among civil servants in Bahir Dar town bivariate and their respective bivariate logistic regression association with SHI demand

From: Civil servants' demand for social health insurance in Northwest Ethiopia

Variables

SHI Demand

Crude OR (95% CI)

Yes

No

Awareness

 Good Awareness

168(72.7%)

63(27.3%)

2.448(1.675–3.576)**

 Poor Awareness

134(52.1%)

123(47.9%)

1

Attitudes towards SHI

 Good attitude

83(75.5%)

27(24.5%)

2.232(1.381–3.606)**

 Poor attitude

219(57.9%)

159(42.1%)

1

Trust on gov’t HIA

 Yes

137(78.7%)

37(21.3%)

3.344(2.185–5.116)**

 No

165(52.5%)

149(47.5%)

1

Perceived benefit of SHI

 Helpful

149(73.4%)

54(26.6%)

1

 Not helpful

23(56.1%)

18(43.9%)

0.463(0.232–0.924)*

Evaluation of current pay. System

 Sufficient to cover all cost

60(71.4%)

24(28.6%)

1

 Not sufficient to cover

242(59.9%)

162(40.1%)

0.598(0.3580.999)*

Television ownership/exposure

 Yes

96(72.8%)

36(27.2%)

1.942(1.254–3.006)**

 No

206(57.9%)

150(42.1%)

1

Radio ownership/exposure

 Yes

75(68.8%)

34(21.2%)

1.477(0.938–2.372)

 No

227(59.9%)

152(40.1%)

1

Newspaper ownership/exposure

 Yes

52(86.7%)

18(13.3%)

1.941(1.097–3.4350)*

 No

250(59.8%)

168(40.2%)

1

Participation in awareness Creation sessions

 Yes

44(77.2%)

13(22.8%)

2.270(1.178–4.399)*

 No

258(59.9%)

173(40.1%)

1

  1. *P <0.05; **P < 0.01