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Table 1 Data summary

From: Equity of the premium of the Ghanaian national health insurance scheme and the implications for achieving universal coverage

Variable

Percentage

Age (average)

40.27 years

Premium

GHc 21.00 (US$13.13)

Females

40.5

Annual Expenditure on food and others

GHc 5,915.07 (US$3,696.91)

First Quintal

GHc 1,818.50 (US$1,136.56)

Second Quintal

GHc 3,574.81 (US$2,234.26)

Third Quintal

GHc 5,444.97 (US$3,403.11)

Fourth Quintal

GHc 7,530.99 (US$4,706.87)

Fifth Quintal

GHc 12,276.19 (US$7,672.62)

Accra

58.0

Education:

 

 · Tertiary

31.5

 · Secondary

34.1

 · Basic

30.2

 · Illiterate

4.2

Marital Status

 

 · Married

68.7

 · Divorced

10.5

 · Widow/er

1.5

 · Single

16.5

 · Separated

2.6