The Acceptance of Medical Saving Account (MSA) in Alleviating Healthcare Costs
Table 4:
Factors | Yes | No | x2 | p value | |
Gender | |||||
Male | 5 | 2 | 0.39 | 0.53 | |
Female | 14 | 10 | |||
Age | |||||
≤32 | 12 | 8 | 0.04 | 0.84 | |
>32 | 7 | 4 | |||
Race | |||||
Malay | 19 | 11 | 1.64 | 0.20 | |
(Non-Malays) | 0 | 1 | |||
Educational Level | |||||
Low Education | 1 | 1 | 0.12 | 0.74 | |
High Education | 18 | 11 | |||
Occupational | |||||
Self-employed | 7 | 5 | 0.07 | 0.79 | |
Salaried employee | 12 | 7 | |||
Family income | |||||
≥ RM 2445.16 | 5 | 5 | 0.79 | 0.37 | |
(< RM 2445.16) | 14 | 7 | |||
Marital status | |||||
Single | 12 | 9 | 0.47 | 0.49 | |
Married | 7 | 3 | |||
History of hospitalization | |||||
Yes | 2 | 1 | 0.04 | 0.84 | |
No | 17 | 11 | |||
Private Insurance | |||||
Yes | 8 | 7 | 0.78 | 0.38 | |
No | 11 | 5 |