Sharon Taaka2024-07-292024-07-292024-07-27https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12311/1644This research study was guided by the topic Socio-Economic Factors and Access to Health Care Services in Northern Division. And it was guided by the following research objectives: To assess the effect of gender on access to health care services in Northern City Division Mbale City, to examine the effect of educational levels on access to health care services in Northern City Division Mbale City and lastly to investigate the effect of age on access to health care services in Northern City Division Mbale City. The study used both a quantitative and qualitative research design and it considered a population of 100 respondents with a sample size of 80 respondents. The study findings concluded that women and men health access is influenced by their gender interaction, that gender roles coupled with domestic expectations compromise health care access, that men with a more masculine gender orientation are less likely to go for health care counseling, that education levels affect access to health care services, that education attainment is an indication of literacy levels and impacts healthcare outcomes, that aging consumer decision making brings differences between older individuals in relation to the trust they have in the service provider, that if old people are constrained by levels of income, they end up not making right decisions and lastly that that health care is affected by age differences because older people have greater need for health care. The study findings concluded that: women and men health access is influenced by their gender interaction, that women access to health care is influenced by their gender due to community perceptions/societies they stay, that education levels affect access to health care services, that education attainment is an indication of literacy levels and impacts healthcare outcomes, that aging consumer decision making brings differences between older individuals in relation to the trust they have in the service provider, and lastly that if old people are constrained by levels of income, they end up not making right decisions.Dissertation