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Table 4 Total household expenditure and its components expressed as a percentage of the respondent’s salary

From: Assessing health workers’ revenues and coping strategies in Nigeria — a mixed-methods study

Percentage category

Food

Education*

Dependents

Rent

#Utilities

Transport

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

20 or less

59

35.8

61

37.0

117

71.0

151

91.5

130

78.8

142

86.1

21–50

68

41.2

39

23.6

37

22.4

6

3.7

26

15.8

14

8.5

51–100

25

15.2

34

20.6

5

3.0

3

1.8

5

3.0

4

2.4

Above 100

5

3.0

27

16.4

3

1.8

2

1.2

2

1.2

0

0.0

Missing

8

4.8

4

2.4

3

1.8

3

1.8

2

1.2

5

3.0

Total

165

100

165

100

165

100

165

100

165

100

165

100

  1. *Education refers to termly school fees paid in September. Health workers were asked for their previous month’s expenditure (data were collected in October).
  2. #Utilities include water, electricity, fuel for generators, recharge cards for cell phones (communication).