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Table 3 Incidence of CHE by household’s characteristics, 2017

From: Measurement and determinants of financial protection in health in Afghanistan

Variables

As 10% of total expenditure

As 40% of nonfood expenditure

Hcat

GAP

MPG

Hcat

GAP

MPG

Household head Gender

Male

31.6

4.6

14.6

13.4

2.4

17.6

Female

36.3

6.3

17.4

21.9

4.3

19.9

Household head Age

10-39

31.9

4.6

14.5

13.4

2.3

17.5

≥ 40

31.5

4.7

14.8

13.7

2.4

17.8

Household head Activity

Unemployed

33.0

5.3

16.0

15.7

3.0

18.8

Employed

30.9

4.3

13.8

12.1

2.0

16.7

Household head completed Education

Illiterate

32.6

5.0

15.2

15.0

2.7

18.0

Primary level

29.5

3.8

13.0

9.7

1.6

16.5

High level

28.9

3.9

13.4

9.4

1.5

16.1

Area of residence

Urban

30.3

3.9

12.8

9.2

1.5

16.2

Rural

31.3

4.7

15.1

14.2

2.5

17.6

Kuchi

43.8

7.5

17.2

25.8

5.3

20.5

Having OOP health expenditure

Poorest

20.8

2.9

14.2

10.9

2.0

18.3

Q2

30.1

4.0

13.4

14.1

2.2

15.7

Median

34.7

4.5

13.1

13.9

2.1

15.3

Q4

39.8

5.6

14.0

15.8

2.6

16.6

Richest

33.1

6.1

18.6

13.0

3.0

23.0

Number of household members

1-2

24.2

5.3

21.9

15.6

3.3

20.8

3-4

31.5

4.9

15.5

14.4

2.7

19.0

≥5

32.1

4.5

13.9

12.9

2.1

16.6

Having an elderly member

(60 years old and older)

0

30.7

4.5

14.5

13.0

2.3

17.4

≥ 1

35.0

5.3

15.2

15.4

2.8

18.4

Having a member with disability

0

30.4

4.4

14.3

12.8

2.2

17.2

≥ 1

37.2

5.9

15.9

17.0

3.3

19.3

An economic shock (illness of working or other member or income shock)

0

27.2

3.6

27.2

11.1

1.8

11.1

≥ 1

43.9

7.3

43.9

20.4

3.9

20.4

  1. Source: Author calculations