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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of respondents

From: Barriers to accessing and using health insurance cards among methadone maintenance treatment patients in northern Vietnam

Characteristic Rural Urban Total p-value
n % n % n %
Agea
 18- <25 6 4 15 1.7 21 2.1 0.3
 25- < 30 21 13.9 118 13.6 139 13.7  
 30- <35 36 23.8 230 26.6 266 26.2  
 35- <40 33 21.9 233 26.9 266 26.2  
 40- <45 27 17.9 140 16.2 167 16.4  
  > =45 28 18.5 129 14.9 157 15.5  
Sexb
 Female 0 0 13 1.5 13 1.3 0.24
 Male 151 100 852 98.5 1003 98.7  
Educationc
  ≤ Elementary 30 19.9 106 12.3 136 13.4 <0.01
 Secondary 87 57.6 339 39.2 426 41.9  
 High 28 18.5 359 41.5 387 38.1  
  > Vocational 6 4 61 7.1 67 6.6  
Marry statusd
 Single 29 19.2 222 25.7 251 24.7 0.03
 Lives with spouse/partner 116 76.8 572 66.1 688 67.7  
 Divorced/widow 6 4 71 8.2 77 7.6  
Religione
 No 96 63.6 800 92.5 896 88.2 <0.01
 Yes 55 36.4 65 7.5 120 11.8  
Employmentf
 Unemployed 25 16.6 236 27.3 261 25.7 <0.01
 Self-employed 67 44.4 475 54.9 542 53.4  
 White collar worker 1 0.7 21 2.4 22 2.2  
 Workers, Farmers 54 35.8 46 5.3 100 9.8  
 Other jobs 4 2.7 87 10.1 91 9  
Inpatient service useg
 No 141 93.4 792 91.6 933 91.8 0.45
 Yes 10 6.6 73 8.4 83 8.2  
Facility for inpatient useh
 Central 13 24.5 84 39.4 97 36.5 <0.01
 Province 8 15.1 92 43.2 100 37.6  
 Others 32 60.4 37 17.4 69 25.9  
Level of payment for inpatient servicesi
 Full payment 33 64.7 157 75.9 190 73.6 0.11
 Unaffordable 12 23.5 25 12.1 37 14.3  
 Partial payment 6 11.8 25 12.1 31 12  
Outpatient service usek
 No 83 55 641 74.1 724 71.3 <0.01
 Yes 68 45 224 25.9 292 28.7  
Facility for outpatient usel
 Central 7 7.9 89 28.3 96 23.8 <0.01
 Province 13 14.6 112 35.6 125 30.9  
 District 57 64 57 18.1 114 28.2  
 Private 8 9 48 15.2 56 13.9  
 Other 4 4.5 9 2.9 13 3.2  
Level of payment for outpatient servicesm
 Full payment 78 96.3 277 90.8 355 92 0.35
 Unaffordable 2 2.5 20 6.6 22 5.7  
 Partial payment 1 1.2 8 2.6 9 2.3  
  1. χ 2 test; Fisher’s exact test
  2. a Chi-squared test = 6.09, df = 5; b Fisher’s exact test = 0.24, df = 1; c Chi-squared test = 35.61, df = 3; d Chi-squared test = 7.38, df = 2; eChi-squared test = 103.15, df = 1; fChi-squared test = 139.34, df = 4; gChi-squared test = 0.567, df = 1; h Chi-squared test = 41.76, df = 2; iChi-squared test = 4.43, df = 2; kChi-squared test = 22.99, df = 1; lChi-squared test = 76.45, df = 4; m Fishers’s exact test = 0.35, df = 2