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Table 1 Baseline Household Characteristics of Balanced panel: 2009 (Treatment and Control Areas), 2011 & 2013 (Insured and Uninsured in Treatment Area)

From: Short and longer-term impacts of health insurance on catastrophic health expenditures in Kwara State, Nigeria

 

2009

Total

(1)

2009

Control

(2)

2009

Treatment

(3)

Diff. of means

(4)

2011 Treatment and Not Insured

(5)

2011 Treatment and Insured

(6)

Diff. of means

(7)

2013 Treatment and Not Insured

(8)

2013 Treatment and Insured

(9)

Diff. of means

(10)

Demographic characteristics

Age of HH head

52.11

49.46

53.56

-4.096***

55.96

54.98

-0.984

57.15

57.78

0.627

Household head is Female

0.221

0.278

0.190

0.088***

0.231

0.211

-0.020

0.291

0.212

-0.079**

Dummy: household head is married

0.796

0.775

0.807

-0.031

0.769

0.825

0.056*

0.696

0.789

0.093**

Household size

4.437

4.431

4.440

-0.010

4.504

4.725

0.221

3.909

4.657

0.748***

Socio-economic characteristics

HH head: At least primary school education

0.559

0.676

0.496

0.180***

0.447

0.554

0.107**

0.470

0.520

0.051

Dummy: household head has worked in past year

0.930

0.932

0.929

0.003

0.933

0.928

-0.006

0.929

0.883

-0.047**

Annual non-medical consumption of household (in Naira)

560,917

602,190

538,377

63,813

453,931

573,795

119,864***

435,809

520,082

84,273**

Wealth Index (1–3)

1.999

2.232

1.872

0.360***

1.706

2.072

0.366***

1.747

1.991

0.244***

Wealth Index = Poor

0.334

0.221

0.396

0.175***

0.488

0.285

-0.202***

0.448

0.346

-0.102**

Wealth Index = Middle

0.333

0.327

0.336

0.009

0.319

0.357

0.039

0.357

0.317

-0.040

Wealth Index = Rich

0.333

0.452

0.268

0.184***

0.193

0.357

0.164***

0.195

0.337

0.142***

Good quality toilet

0.081

0.202

0.015

0.187***

0.005

0.0393

0.034**

0.009

0.0349

0.026*

Good quality drinking water

0.808

0.894

0.760

0.133***

0.768

0.800

0.032

0.777

0.797

0.019

Urban: Household lives in a town vs village

0.519

0.572

0.490

0.083

0.357

0.649

0.292***

0.424

0.552

0.129**

Health-related characteristics

          

Distance (km) to nearest HCHP clinic

3.158

3.655

2.887

0.768

3.616

2.386

-1.230***

3.536

2.794

-0.742**

Distance (km) to nearest clinic (all 79 clinics)

1.191

1.185

1.194

-0.001

1.409

1.133

-0.277

1.324

1.328

0.004

Dummy: All HH members can do daily activities without difficulty

0.311

0.365

0.281

0.084**

0.259

0.216

-0.042

0.329

0.215

-0.114***

Dummy: at least 1 HH member has a chronic disease

0.218

0.234

0.210

0.025

0.332

0.390

0.058

0.326

0.462

0.136***

Dummy: at least 1 HH member had an acute illness/injury in past 12 months

0.400

0.447

0.375

0.072

0.499

0.636

0.137**

0.628

0.770

0.142***

HH annual health expenditures (excl. premium)

4,809

4,748

4,843

-95.48

3,752

3,809

56.947

6,125

7,125

1,000

Dummy at least one person in household is insured

0.001

0.008

0.010

-0.002

0

1

1.000***

0

1

1.000

Number of Observations

1,039

367

672

1,039

367

305

672

328

344

672

  1. * p < 0.10; ** p < 0.05; *** p < 0.01. Robust standard errors clustered at EA level. Based on the balanced panel of 1,039 households and 3,450 individuals