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Table 1 Descriptive summary of the study population

From: Household expenditure for immunization among children in India: a two-part model approach

Background characteristics

Percentage

Sample

Place of residence

 Rural

74.6

43,217

 Urban

25.4

27,029

Religion

 Hindu

78.4

51,289

 Muslim

17.7

11,755

 Others

3.9

7,202

Caste

 Schedule Tribe

10.2

10,346

 Schedule Caste

22.0

12,904

 Other Backward Class

45.2

28,543

 Others

22.6

18,453

Sex

 Male

51.7

36,229

 Female

48.3

34,017

Wealth quintile

 Poor

43.2

23,878

 Middle

33.5

23,141

 Rich

23.3

23,227

Place of immunization

 Public

94.4

64,489

 Private

5.6

5,626

Region

 North

15.2

13,370

 Central

27.5

14,026

 East

24.0

12,431

 Northeast

3.3

8,824

 West

13.2

8,332

 South

17.0

13,263

Total

100.0

70,246