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Table 1 Summary statistics on the household level for the pooled sample and across sites

From: Economic consequences of ill-health for households in northern rural India

Variables

Pooled sample

Pratapgarh

Kanpur Dehat

Vaishali

Number of households

5215

1542

1751

1922

Household size

4.21(4.37)

4.52(4.45)

6.03(4.77)

3.31(4.00)

Lower wealth third

0.33

0.31(0.46)

0.36(0.48)

0.32(0.47)

Middle wealth third

0.33

0.28(0.45)

0.35(0.48)

0.29(0.45)

Upper wealth third

0.33

0.41(0.49)

0.29(0.45)

0.38(0.49)

Per capita expenditures (in INR)

 

1128(665)

1793(1653)

1205(947)

Share of health spending on total HH spending

0.21

0.20

0.22

0.20

Number of chronic illnesses (in last 30 days)

0.92 (0.96)

1.29( 1.05)

0.76(0.86)

0.76(0.88)

Number of acute illness episodes (in last 30 days)

1.10(1.06)

1.08(1.11)

1.24(1.12)

0.98(0.95)

Number of hospitalizations (in last 12 months)

0.16(0.42)

0.14(0.38)

0.16(0.43)

0.19(0.44)

Number of pregnancies (in last 12 months)

0.17(0.40)

0.15(0.39)

0.18(0.40)

0.18(0.41)

Proportion of children

0.31(0.23)

0.29(0.21)

0.27(0.22)

0.37(0.23)

Proportion of elderly

0.04(0.12)

0.04(0.12)

0.04(0.13)

0.03(0.11)

Proportion of women at reproductive age

0.27(0.16)

0.31(0.17)

0.27(0.16)

0.28(0.16)

Caste of household head (1/0)

    

Scheduled caste/tribe

0.33

0.39

0.31

0.31

Other backward caste

0.56

0.48

0.55

0.63

General caste

0.10

0.12

0.14

0.06

Religion of household head (1/0)

    

Hindu

0.90

0.86

0.92

0.92

Muslim

0.10

0.14

0.08

0.07

Other

0.002

0.001

0.002

0.003

Affiliated to a self-help group (1/0)

0.7

0.8

0.6

0.7

  1. Notes: standard deviations between brackets for continuous outcomes.