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Table 2 Description of demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the total study sample, consisting of all individuals that required surgical care in the last 12 months, and the three study groups (no surgical care due to affordability, accessibility and fear/no trust, respectively) separately

From: Barriers to surgical care in Nepal

Demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the study groups and the total study sample

 

Affordability Study group 1

Accessibility Study group 2

Fear/no trust Study group 3

Complete study sample

 

n = 42

n = 42

n = 34

n = 207

Male gender %

50.0

50.0

35.3

55.1

Average age (sd)

37.6 (21.0)

36.5 (23.3)

40.7 (21.6)

35.5 (21.0)

Education %

 None

57.1

50.0

41.2

38.6

 Primary school

26.2

19.0

17.6

25.6

 Secondary school

14.3

21.4

29.4

25.1

 Tertiary school

2.4

9.5

5.9

8.7

 Graduate degree

0.0

0.0

5.9

1.9

Occupation %

 Unemployed/childa

64.3

73.8

72.7

62.2

 Self-employed

33.3

23.8

15.2

30.6

 Employed

2.4

2.4

12.1

7.3

Ethnic group %

 Janajati

35.7

35.7

35.3

37.2

 Brahmin/Chhetri

11.9

31.0

32.4

30.0

 Madhesi

11.9

11.9

5.9

8.2

 Muslim

4.8

0.0

0.0

3.4

 Dalit

7.1

2.4

0.0

2.4

 Other

38.6

19.0

26.5

18.8

Living in urban area %

26.2

16.7

32.4

29.0

  1. aOccupational status ‘unemployed’ also contains home makers and domestic helpers