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 |