Health Service Utilization and Its Determinants among Senior Citizens in the Semiurban Area of Western Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Enabling characteristics of the participant.

Variables	Frequency (n)	Percentage (%)
Source of personal income (n = 290)
Agriculture	118	40.7
Old age allowance	93	32.1
Pension	38	13.1
Business	20	6.9
Others	21	7.2
Participant income per month (n = 293)
Less or equal to 10000	241	82.3
Above 10000	52	17.7
Source of family income (n = 277)
Remittance	76	27.4
Business	67	24.2
Agriculture	56	20.2
Service-related	53	19.1
Others	25	9.1
The family income per month (n = 253)
Less than 13450	30	11.9
13450–50000	88	34.8
50000 and above	135	53.4
Awareness of insurance (n = 293)
Yes	135	53.9
No	158	46.1
Membership of insurance (n = 158)
Yes	26	16.5
No	132	83.5
Family support (n = 293)
Yes	262	89.4
No	31	10.6
Type of family support (n = 262)
Economic	244	93.1
Physical	151	57.6
Emotional	128	48.9
Decision taker (n = 293)
Self	149	50.9
Son/daughter-in-law	103	35.2
Partner	31	10.6
Daughter/son-in-law	10	3.4

Multiple responses.