Table 5 Payment coping mechanisms
Payment coping mechanisms for respondents | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Abakaliki (urban) | Ezilo(semi-urban) | Nkalagu (rural) | Eke-na-ene (rural) | Enugu (urban) | Udi (semi-urban) | ||||||
| Â | N = 229 | N = 244 | N = 333 | N = 209 | N = 321 | N = 174 | ||||||
| Â | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) |
Own money | 210 | 91.7 | 181 | 74.1 | 283 | 85.0 | 190 | 90.9 | 311 | 96.9 | 144 | 82.8 |
Borrowed money | 3 | 1.3 | 34 | 13.9 | 38 | 11.4 | 4 | 1.9 | 2 | 0.6 | 44 | 25.3 |
Sold households' assets | 1 | 0.4 | 20 | 8.2 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.3 |
Sold land | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.6 |
Someone else paid | 11 | 4.8 | 4 | 1.6 | 7 | 2.1 | 7 | 3.3 | 8 | 2.5 | 8 | 4.7 |
Was exempted from payment | 3 | 1.3 | 1 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.6 | 2 | 1.2 |
Payment was subsidised | 1 | 0.4 | 2 | 0.8 | 2 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
Others | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.8 | 9 | 2.4 | 7 | 3.3 | 3 | 0.9 | 1 | 0.6 |
Payment coping for other household members | ||||||||||||
| Â | N = 277 | Â | N = 273 | Â | N = 348 | Â | N = 160 | Â | N = 312 | Â | N = 179 | Â |
| Â | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) |
Own money | 268 | 96.8 | 192 | 70.3 | 300 | 86.2 | 150 | 93.8 | 302 | 96.8 | 125 | 69.8 |
Borrowed money | 8 | 2.8 | 27 | 9.9 | 36 | 10.3 | 6 | 3.8 | 2 | 0.6 | 42 | 23.5 |
Sold households' assets | 1 | 0.4 | 41 | 15.0 | 2 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.7 |
Sold land | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.6 |
Community solidarity | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.7 | 5 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.6 |
Was exempted from payment | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.6 | 3 | 1.0 | 1 | 0.6 |
Payment was subsidised | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.8 | 3 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.6 | 2 | 1.1 |
Others | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.5 | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | 1.2 | 3 | 1.0 | 4 | 2.2 |