Willingness to pay for Community Health Insurance among taxi drivers in Kampala City, Uganda: a contingent evaluation

Figures & data

Figure 1 Conceptual framework.

Abbreviation: CHI,  Community Health Insurance.

Table 1 Social demographic characteristics of respondents (N=312)

Variable	Description	Frequency	Percentage (%)
Respondent’s sex	Male	312	100
Respondent's age	19–25 yrs.	63	20.2
	26–35 yrs.	115	36.9
	36–45 yrs.	90	28.8
	Above 45 yrs.	44	14.1
Education levels	Primary	82	26.3
	Ordinary level	131	42.0
	Advanced level	45	14.4
	Certificate	12	3.8
	Diploma	9	2.9
	Degree	6	1.9
	No formal education	18	5.8
	No response	9	2.9
Marital status	Married	186	59.6
	Single	54	17.3
	Co-habiting	64	20.5
	Others	8	2.6
	Polygamous	54	17.3
	Monogamous	188	60.3
	Single	21	6.7
	No response	48	15.7
House hold sizes	1–5	168	53.8
	6–10	111	35.6
	No response	13	4.2
	More than 10	20	6.4

Note: Data Collection by Research Team.

Table 2 The WTP for community health insurance and income quintiles

	5th	4th	3rd	2nd	1st	Total
Respondent’s monthly income	>500,000	300,001–500,000	200,001–300,000	100,001–200,000	0–100000
Willing to pay (%)	117 (38.4)	61 (20.0)	39 (12.8)	20 (6.6)	3 (1.0)	240 (78.7)
Not willing to pay	29 (9.5)	14 (4.6)	18 (5.9)	2 (0.7)	2 (0.7)	65 (21.3)
Total	146 (47.9)	75 (24.6)	57 (18.7)	22 (7.2)	5 (1.6)	305 (100)

Note: Data Collection by Research Team.

Table 3 Respondent’s household monthly and annual average expenditure on basic needs in UGX

Item	Monthly average	Annual average
Food	383,000/-	4,596,000/-
Healthcare	38,005/-	456,061/-
Shelter	93,154/-	1,117,850/-
Education	223,919/-	2,687,028/-
Others	42,000/-	504,000/-

Notes: 1 USD=UGX 3,500. Data Collection by Research Team.

Abbreviations: USD, United States dollar; UGX, Uganda shillings.

Figure 2 Households health care sources.

Abbreviation: WTP, willingness to pay.

Table 4 Relationship between level of education and WTP for CHI

Level of education	Willingness to pay for CHI
	Yes		No		Total
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Primary ($\le$7 years of education)	61	74.4	21	25.6	82	100.0
O’level (>7−11 years of education)	104	79.4	27	20.6	131	100.0
A’ level (>11−13 years of education)	36	80.0	9	20.0	45	100.0
Tertiary (>13 years of education)	22	81.5	5	18.5	27	100.0
No formal education	14	82.4	3	17.6	17	100.0
No response	0	0.0	0	0	7	100.0
Total	244	79.0	65	21.0	309	100.0

Note: Data Collection by Research Team.

Abbreviations: WTP, willingness to pay; CHI,  community health insurance.

Table 5 Regression analysis for WTP

Independent variables	OR	P>z	[95% CI]
Education
Primary level	1.381819	0.721	0.2349422	8.127211
Secondary level	1.393105	0.701	0.2567952	7.557541
Tertiary	3.066664	0.280	0.4012164	23.4398
Marital status
Married	1.02457	0.954	0.4506222	2.329543
Having knowledge of Health insurance
Yes	0.8132716	0.552	0.4118646	1.605894
Source of information about HI
Community	1.685824	0.307	0.6187713	4.592976
Media	2.054598	0.128	0.8123926	5.196221
Others	0.4741379	0.325	0.1072085	2.096912
Desired payment frequency
Weekly	2.4	0.440	0.2605755	22.10492
Monthly	3.8	0.233	0.4237504	34.07667
Willingness to lead a CHIS
Yes	9.625	***0.000	4.080455	22.70351

Note: ***Significant at 0.05.

Abbreviations: CHI, community health insurance; WTP  willingness to pay; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; Z, Z value; HI, health insurance.

Table 6 Source of information about health insurance

Source of information	Number	%
Community	50	24.4
Radio talk show	46	22.4
Friend	41	20.0
TV show	25	12.2
Newspaper	6	2.9
Others	37	18.0
Total	205	100

Note: Data Collection by Research Team.

Figure 3 Minimum premium households are WTP monthly.

Abbreviations: WTP, willingness to pay; PFP, private for profit.

Availability of data and materials

The data are available and can be provided on request.