Table 1 Household characteristics and description of the sample
Year | Difference | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Pre-intervention (2008) | Post-intervention (2009) | 2009–2008d | ||
1. Households surveyed (n=) | 1251 | 1191 | ||
Households surveyed in 2008 and revisited in 2009 | 1182 (94 %) | |||
Located in a rural area | 1091 (87 %) | 1039 (87 %) | 0 | |
Woman-headed household | 37 (3 %) | 34 (3 %) | 0 | |
Mother never went to school | 782 (63 %) | 714 (60 %) | −3 | |
Household size | ||||
Mean (Standard Deviation) | 7.7 (4.1) | 7.9 (4.4) | 0.2 | |
Median (IQR) | 7 (4) | 7 (5) | 0 | |
Children under five per household | ||||
Mean (Standard Deviation) | 2.2 (1.1) | 2.8 (1.1) | −0.02 | |
Median (IQR) | 2 (2) | 2 (2) | 0 | |
2. With least one episode of illness for a childa (n=) | 281 | 198 | ||
As a proportion of households surveyed | 22 % | 17 % | −5 | |
Located in a rural area | 260 (93 %) | 184 (93 %) | 0 | |
Poor | 122 (43 %) | 93 (47 %) | −4 | |
3. Sick children (n=) | 321 | 220 | ||
Girls | 153 (48 %) | 102 (46 %) | −2 | |
Living in a rural area | 299 (93 %) | 204 (92 %) | −1 | |
From a poor household | 182 (56 %) | 117 (53 %) | −3 | |
Whose mother never went to school | 297 (92 %) | 204 (92 %) | 0 | |
4. Episodes of illness (n=) | 322 | 221 | ||
Including episodes considered serious by the respondent | 96 (30 %) | 58 (26 %) | −4 | |
Primary symptoms | ||||
Respiratory | 25 (8 %) | 26 (12 %) | 4 | |
Digestive | 178 (55 %) | 118 (53 %) | −2 | |
Fever | 94 (29 %) | 66 (30 %) | 1 | |
5. Episodes of illness resulting in an expense (n=) | 163 | 68 | ||
As a % of illness episodes reported | 51 % | 31 % | −20** | |
From rural households | 92 % | 84 % | −8* | |
Total spending per episode (when cost >0) in US$b | ||||
Average cost and (Standard Deviation) | 8.87 (9.77) | 4.41 (5.65) | −4.46*** | |
Median cost (IQR) | 5.92 (9.35) | 2.17 (3.32) | −3.75*** | |
6. A public health facility was used during the episodec | 121 | 124 | ||
As a % of illness episodes reported | 38 % | 56 % | 18** | |