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Table 2 Respondents’ and their households’ sociodemographic characteristics and hospital admission for patients with kidney health issues

From: The influence of the National Health Insurance scheme of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic on healthcare access and catastrophic health expenditures for patients with chronic renal disease, and the possibility of integrating organ transplantation into the health financing system

Respondent’s/household’s sociodemographic characteristics

Hospital admission

Pearson X2

No

Yes

Total

Gender of respondent

    

 Male

112 (58.6%)

94 (62.3%)

206 (60.2%)

0.507

 Female

79 (41.4%)

57 (37.7%)

136 (39.8%)

Marital status

    

 Single

58 (30.4%)

47 (31.1%)

105 (30.7%)

0.906

 Married

133 (69.6%)

104 (68.9%)

237 (69.3%)

Age of respondent (years)

    

 18–35

46 (24.1%)

13 (8.6%)

59 (17.3%)

0.01*

 36–49

99 (51.8%)

15 (9.9%)

114 (33.3%)

 50 or above

46 (24.1%)

123 (81.5%)

169 (49.4%)

Level of education

    

 No schooling to lower secondary school

22 (11.5%)

16 (10.6%)

38 (11.1%)

0.435

 Lower secondary school to secondary school

106 (55.5%)

94 (62.3%)

200 (58.5%)

 College/university degree

63 (33%)

41 (27.2%)

104 (30.4%)

Size of household

   

0.913

 1–4 people (small)

105 (55%)

84 (55.6%)

189 (53.3%)

 5 people or more (large)

86 (45%)

67 (44.4%)

153 (44.7%)

Level of income

   

0.989

 Less than 1 million LAK (US$ 100)

41 (21.5%)

34 (22.5%)

75 (21.9%)

 1–2.5 million LAK (US$ 100–250)

40 (20.9%)

30 (19.9%)

70 (20.5%)

 2.5–5 million LAK (US$ 250–500)

72 (37.7%)

58 (38.4%)

130 (38%)

 More than 5 million LAK (US$ 500)

38 (19.9%)

29 (19.2%)

67 (19.6%)

Respondent’s occupation

    

 Business owner

20 (10.5%)

20 (13.2%)

40 (11.7%)

0.892

 Farmer

50 (26.25%)

36 (23.8%)

86 (25.1%)

 Street vendor

48 (25.1%)

41 (27.2%)

89 (26.0%)

 Labourer

48 (25.1%)

34 (22.5%)

82 (24.0%)

 Government official

25 (13.1)

20 (13.2%)

45 (13.2%)

City of residence

    

 Capital (Kaysone Phomvihane District)

109 (57.1%)

91 (60.3%)

200 (58.5%)

0.582

 Others

82 (42.9%)

60 (39.7%)

142 (41.5%)

Chronic condition

    

 No

155 (81.2%)

119 (78.8%)

274 (80.1%)

0.589

 Yes

36 (18.8%)

32 (21.2%)

68 (19.9%)

  1. *Statistically significant at a 95% confidence interval