New Public Health Findings from National Research and Innovation Agency Described (Social Determinants and Health Insurance Inequalities Among Children Younger Than Five in Indonesia: A Secondary Analysis of the 2022 SUSENAS): Health and Medicine – Public Health

2026 APR 02 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Current study results on Health and Medicine - Public Health have been published. According to news originating from Jakarta, Indonesia, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “Child health and well-being remain a challenge in Indonesia, partly due to low health insurance coverage among children younger than five, especially in informal sector households. Many informal workers are not classified as poor, making insurance unaffordable for their families.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from National Research and Innovation Agency, “This study analyses the 2022 National Socio-economic Survey (SUSENAS) to examine the social determinants of health insurance ownership among children younger than five, focusing on household head employment, child health, and family well-being. Using data from the 2022 National Socio-economic Survey (SUSENAS), this study examines the social determinants of health insurance ownership among children younger than five, focusing on household head employment, child health, and family well-being. Results show that children from households of informal workers are less likely to be insured than those from formal sector households (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 0.80, 95% CI [0.76, 0.84]).”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Low education (AOR = 1.30, 95% CI [1.23, 1.37]) and poverty further reduce access, while having a national identity number (AOR = 4.10, 95% CI [3.78, 4.45]) increase the likelihood of coverage.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Social Determinants and Health Insurance Inequalities Among Children Younger Than Five in Indonesia: A Secondary Analysis of the 2022 SUSENAS. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, 2026:10105395261425335. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health can be contacted at: Sage Publications Inc, 2455 Teller Rd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA.

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from Fitranita Ibnu, Center for Population, National Research and Innovation Agency, Jakarta, Indonesia. Additional authors for this research include Dewi Harfina, Sri Sunarti Purwaningsih, Ade Latifa, Laksmi Rachmawati and Dharmalingam Arunachalam.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1177/10105395261425335. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

The publisher’s contact information for the Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health is: Sage Publications Inc, 2455 Teller Rd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA.

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