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Data was collected using an interviewer-administered semi-structured questionnaire. Descriptive and inferential analyses of the data collected were carried out using the IBM SPSS version 22 software.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results:<\/jats:title>\n \n the mean age of respondents was 50.42 \u00b1 14.54 years. Females were about half (50.5%) of the respondents, and 19.9% of respondents had no formal education. The mean individual WTP amount per month was 600.75 \u00b1 419.48 naira (1.30 \u00b1 0.91 US dollar). The association between social capital (\u03c7\n 2<\/jats:sup>\n = 193.043;\n P<\/jats:italic>\n < 0.001) and WTP for CBHI was statistically significant. Other factors such as sex (\u03c7\n 2<\/jats:sup>\n = 10.168;\n P<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.001), education (\u03c7\n 2<\/jats:sup>\n = 14.06;\n P<\/jats:italic>\n < 0.001), religion (\u03c7\n 2<\/jats:sup>\n = 40.565;\n P<\/jats:italic>\n < 0.001) and household with younger people <18 years (\u03c7\n 2<\/jats:sup>\n = 14.361;\n P<\/jats:italic>\n < 0.001) were also significantly associated with WTP for CBHI.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n This study reported a significant association between social capital and WTP for CBHI.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/npmj.npmj_18_25","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,17]],"date-time":"2026-08-17T04:00:27Z","timestamp":1786939227000},"page":"596-604","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Social Capital and Willingness to Pay for Community-based Health Insurance in Rural Communities of Delta State, Nigeria"],"prefix":"10.4103","volume":"33","author":[{"given":"Ibobo Mike","family":"Enemuwe","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria"},{"name":"Department of Community Medicine, Delta State University Teaching Hospital, Oghara, Delta, Nigeria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Maureen Iru","family":"Ntaji","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria"},{"name":"Department of Community Medicine, Delta State University Teaching Hospital, Oghara, Delta, Nigeria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nyemike Simeon","family":"Awunor","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria"},{"name":"Department of Community Medicine, Delta State University Teaching Hospital, Oghara, Delta, Nigeria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Patrick Gold","family":"Oyibo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria"},{"name":"Department of Health Services Research and Management, School of Health and Psychological Sciences, City, University of London, London, United Kingdom"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Prosper Obunikem","family":"Adogu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Community Medicine, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anthony Okeoghene","family":"Eguvbe","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Community Medicine, Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa, Bayelsa, Nigeria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"276","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"R1-20260817","first-page":"54","article-title":"Community based health insurance knowledge and willingness to pay; 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