Objective of the Study
To determine if there are significant differences in the level of perception on the primary health care delivery among the residents of the Municipality of Oton, Iloilo when classified as to gender, age, civil status, educational attainment.
The Distribution of Respondents as to Certain Category
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Category N Percentage (%) A. GenderMale
Female
1679 B. Age18 – 25 yrs. old
26 - 30 yrs. old
31 - 35 yrs. old
36 and above
2318
12
38
24.218.9
12.6
40.0
C. Civil StatusSingle
Married
Separated
Live - in
Widowed
2354
10
1
3
24.256.8
10.5
1.1
3.2
D. Educational Attainment College Graduate
College Under Graduate
High School Graduate
High School Under Graduate
4416
25
6
46.316.8
26.3
6.3
Level of Perceptions of Residents on the Care Delivery when taken as Entire Group
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N Mean Std. Deviation Description Perceptions on the Primary Health Care Delivery 95 3.5 .72 Very Satisfactory
Legend
Intervals Remarks
1.0 – 1.7 Poor
1.8 – 2.5 Fair
2.6 – 3.3 Satisfactory
3.4 – 4.1 Very Satisfactory
4.2 – 5.0 Outstanding
The Level of Perceptions of Residents on the Primary Health Care Delivery when taken as Entire Group is very satisfactory having a mean of 3.5 and .72 standard deviation.
The Level of Perceptions of Residents on the Primary Health Care Delivery when classified as to Gender, Age, Civil status, and Educational attainment
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Category Mean SD Description A. GenderMale
Female
1679 3.33.5 .80.70 SatisfactoryVery Satisfactory B. Age18 – 25 yrs. old
26 - 30 yrs. old
31 - 35 yrs. old
36 and above
2318
12
38
3.53.1
3.6
3.6
.52.68
.67
.79
Very SatisfactorySatisfactory
Very Satisfactory
Very Satisfactory
C. Civil StatusSingle
Married
Separated
Live - in
Widowed
2354
10
1
3
3.73.2
3.8
3.4
3.1
.63.65
.87
.
1.8
Very SatisfactorySatisfactory
Very Satisfactory
Very Satisfactory
Satisfactory
D. Educational AttainmentCollege Graduate
College Under Graduate
High School Graduate
High School Under Graduate
4416
25
6
3.23.5
3.5
3.5
.80.57
.69
.90
SatisfactoryVery Satisfactory
Very Satisfactory
Very Satisfactory
Based on the results, the Level of Perceptions of Residents on the Primary Health Care Delivery when classified as to gender, male responses satisfactory while female answer very satisfactory.
When group as to their age, respondents with an age of 18 – 25 yrs., 31 – 35 yrs., and 36 yrs. and above are very satisfactory but 26 – 30 yrs. old respondents were satisfactory.
When categorized as civil status, respondents who are single, separated, and live – in are very satisfactory while married and widowed are satisfactory.
As classified as to educational attainment, the respondents who are College Under Graduate, High School Graduate, and High School Under Graduate are very satisfactory while College Graduate are satisfactory.
Table 3. T-Test for the level of Perceptions on the Primary Health Care Delivery among residents when taken as to gender
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Category df t P-value Rejection Rule Gender 93 -1.15 .252 P < 0.05
Since the p-value of T-Test is greater than 0.05 at 93 degrees of freedom, thus we accept the null hypothesis that there is no significant difference in the level of perception on the primary health care delivery among the residents of the Municipality of Oton, Iloilo when classified as to gender.
ANOVA for the level of Perceptions on the Primary Health Care Delivery among residents when taken as to age, civil status, and educational attainment
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Sum of Squares d.f. Mean Square F Sig. Between Groups 2.998 3 .999 2.075 .109 Age Within Groups 41.893 87 .482 Total 44.891 90 Civil Status Between Groups 3.533 4 .883 1.716 .154 Within Groups 44.256 86 .515 Total 47.789 90 Between Groups .278 3 .093 .170 .917 Educational Attainment Within Groups 47.544 87 .546 Total 47.822 90
Reject Ho if P < 0.05
Since the P-value of F of three categories are greater than 0.05, thus we accept the null hypothesis that there are no significant differences in the level of perception on the primary health care delivery among the residents of the Municipality of Oton, Iloilo when classified as to, age, civil status, educational attainment.
