Table 1 |
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Respondent and household characteristics |
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| Variable name |
Description |
Mean* |
Std.dev |
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| Male |
Male = 1, female = 0 |
0.36 |
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| Age |
Age in years |
44.57 |
13.58 |
| Farmer |
Farmer = 1, all other occupations = 0 |
0.74 |
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| Morethanprimary |
More than primary education = 1, otherwise 0 |
0.70 |
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| Membershh |
Number of members in the household |
4.01 |
1.56 |
| Children |
Number of children, 0 to 5 years age, in the household |
0.37 |
0.64 |
| Elderly |
Number of persons, 65 years and older, in the household |
0.32 |
0.58 |
| Chronic |
One or more persons in the household has a chronic disease = 1, 0 otherwise |
0.20 |
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| Hcneed |
At least one person in the household needed health care during the last year = 1,
0 otherwise |
0.92 |
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| Insureexp |
The household has insurance (of any kind) = 1, 0 otherwise |
0.18 |
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| Poor |
The household is classified as poor by local leaders = 1, 0 otherwise |
0.11 |
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| Rich |
The household is classified as rich by local leaders = 1, 0 otherwise |
0.16 |
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| Head |
The respondent is the household head = 1, 0 otherwise |
0.51 |
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*The mean value for indicator variables shows the proportion for the category which assumes the value 1. For e.g. the variable Farmer, the mean value shows that 74% of the respondents are farmers. |
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Lofgren et al. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation 2008 6:16 doi:10.1186/1478-7547-6-16 |
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