Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of study households by CBHI membership status

Unweighted number of HHs

1,586

1,863

789

4,238

 Sex of head of household

Female

20

23

28

23

Male

80

77

72

77

 Age (in years) of head of household

 < 35

26

46

42

38

36–45

28

23

23

25

46–64

32

21

24

26

 ≥ 65

14

10

11

12

 Formal education of head of household

No formal education

55

47

42

49

Primary education

24

22

18

22

Secondary and above

21

31

41

29

 Occupation of head of household

Unemployed

14

11

16

13

Self-employed

79

71

60

72

Employed (private and gov)

4

14

19

11

Other occupation

3

4

5

4

 Marital status of head of household

Married

79

74

69

75

Not married

21

26

31

25

 Mean household size

5.1

4.30

4.24

4.59

 Per capita expenditure quintiles

1st quintile (poorest)

21

16

17

18

2nd quintile

21

18

17

19

3rd quintile

24

20

14

20

4th quintile

19

22

21

21

5th quintile (richest)

15

24

31

22

 Composition of household members

Share of children < 5

11

15

11

13

Share of elders ≥ 65 years old

7

5

5

5

Proportion of households with at least one member with a chronic illness

11

8

9

9

 Type of place of residence

Rural

77

72

46

69

Urban

23

28

54

31

 Region

Tigray

7

6

13

8

Amhara

38

29

5

28

Oromiya

41

42

32

40

SNNP

14

22

50

25