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Table 1 Characteristics of the sample households in the two districts

From: Does contracting of health care in Afghanistan work? Public and service-users' perceptions and experience

Characteristic

Fraction (weighted %) of households

 

SM District

NGO District

Location

  

Urban/semi-urban

518/1639 (32)

204/1644 (11)

Rural/nomad

1121/1639 (68)

1521/1644 (89)

Male household head

1600/1639 (98)

1449/1644 (88)

Household head primary education or above

687/1588 (43)

265/1365 (19)

Household income sufficient for expenditures

964/1633 (59)

779/1641 (48)

Enough food in house in last week

1067/1621 (66)

810/1622 (50)

  1. In SM district government health services were provided mainly by contracting the Provincial Health Office under the Strengthening Mechanism; in NGO district the services were provided mainly by a contracted NGO.