Table 1 Statistical description of variables used (ALCS 2016-2017)

 OOP per capita per day

0.00

6.40

0.25

4965.7

 Food expenditure per capita per day

0.14

22.97

0.14

986.3

 Total Expenditure per capita per day

0.66

62.56

0.66

8033.9

 Area of residence

Urban

0

24.93

0.31

1

Rural

0

70.03

0.33

1

Kuchi

0

5.05

0.16

1

 Household head Gender

Male

0

98.81

0.08

1

Female

0

1.19

0.08

1

 Household head Age

10-39 years

0

44.7

0.35

1

40 plus

0

55.3

0.35

1

 Household head Activity

Employed

0

61.33

0.35

1

Unemployed

0

38.67

0.35

1

 Household head completed Education

University

0

5.25

0.16

1

Primary

0

22.32

0.3

1

Illiterate

0

72.42

0.32

1

 Number of household members

1 and 3

0

2.45

0.11

1

4 and 6

0

36.21

0.34

1

More than 6

0

61.34

0.35

1

 Having an elderly person (60 years old and older)

≥ 1

0

14.18

0.25

1

0

0

85.82

0.25

1

 Having any child person (5 years old and younger)

≥ 1

0

71.01

0.32

1

0

0

28.99

0.32

1

 Having a member with disability

≥ 1

0

18.54

0.28

1

0

0

81.46

0.28

1

 Having OOP health expenditure

Poorest (Q1)

0

46.47

0.35

1

Q2

0

58.22

0.35

1

Median (Q3)

0

64.19

0.34

1

Q4

0

67.1

0.33

1

Richest

0

67.19

0.33

1

Total

0

60.63

0.35

1