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Table 3 Logistic regression of background characteristics, and exposure to communication; and enrolment in HI

From: Association of information, education, and communication with enrolment in health insurance: a case of Nepal

  

Model I

Model II

Model III

Variables

Attributes

 

95% CI

 

95% CI

 

95% CI

  

aOR

Lower

Upper

aOR

Lower

Upper

aOR

Lower

Upper

Sociodemographic characteristics

 Sexa

Male (ref.)

        

Female

.977

.719

1.328

   

1.411

.929

2.142

 Household head

No (ref.)

         

Yes

1.068

.763

1.494

   

.974

.623

1.521

 Age group of respondents

Up to 20 years (ref.)

       

21 to 40 years

1.931

.729

5.119

   

1.377

.368

5.155

41 to 60 years

3.212*

1.161

8.889

   

2.560

.874

10.179

More than 60 years

4.353*

1.427

13.276

   

3.962

.874

17.950

 Wealth status

Poor (ref.)

        

Middle

.820

.580

1.161

   

.586*

.359

.957

Rich

1.201

.846

1.705

   

.627

.375

1.046

 Family member having chronic diseases

No (ref.)

         

Yes

1.536**

1.130

2.090

   

.913

.610

1.365

IEC related factors

 Heard about health insurance

No (ref.)

         

Yes

   

20.521*****

10.020

42.025

21.183***

10.168

44.129

 Knowledge about the contribution amount

No (ref.)

         

Yes

   

4.925***

3.049

7.953

5.128***

3.088

8.515

 Have HI related books or guidelines

No (ref.)

         

Yes

   

5.117***

2.759

9.490

4.842***

2.610

8.981

 Participated in HI related training

No (ref.)

         

Yes

   

.428

.179

1.023

.426

.175

1.036

 Interact with peers and neighbours about HI

No (ref.)

         

Yes

   

1.883**

1.244

2.851

1.736**

1.139

2.646

 Listened HI related info from Radio/FM

No (ref.)

         

Yes

   

.917

.611

1.375

.941

.622

1.422

 Watched HI related information in TV

No (ref.)

         

Yes

   

.831

.551

1.255

.940

.607

1.455

 Seen HI related hoarding board

No (ref.)

         

Yes

   

1.342

.827

2.178

1.473

.899

2.413

 Read HI related newspaper

No (ref.)

         

Yes

   

.653

.359

1.188

.731

.398

1.342

 Seen HI related brochure/poster/pamphlet

No (ref.)

         

Yes

   

.669

.375

1.194

.709

.394

1.276

 Area Under Curve (AUC)

62.8%

85.5%

86.6%

  1. Note: *significant at p< 0.05, ** significant at p< 0.01, ***significant at p< 0.001. aOR Adjusted odds ratio. a = variable not significant in bivariate analysis but included in multivariate analysis