Table 6 Methods used by interview respondents to obtain money for health care services to cope with climate-related health problems
Sources of money for health expenditure | n | % of Respondents | Total amount spent | Amount spent from different sources (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Had my own money | 450 | 100.0 | 1,949,080 | 46.46 |
Took loan from Mahajans | 8 | 1.8 | 31,000 | 0.74 |
Took loan from businessman | 4 | 0.9 | 14,500 | 0.35 |
Took loan from NGO | 34 | 7.6 | 171,200 | 4.08 |
Took loan from banks | 6 | 1.3 | 44,000 | 1.05 |
Spent NGO loans taken for other purposes | 5 | 1.1 | 12,700 | 0.30 |
Lent from neighbors | 185 | 41.1 | 310,330 | 7.40 |
Lent from relatives | 168 | 37.3 | 407,130 | 9.70 |
Lent from drug stores | 121 | 26.9 | 78,100 | 1.86 |
Sold cattle | 63 | 14.0 | 372,900 | 8.89 |
Sold crops | 112 | 24.9 | 310,850 | 7.41 |
Sold land | 12 | 2.7 | 103,700 | 2.47 |
Sold trees | 12 | 2.7 | 36,400 | 0.87 |
Sold ornaments | 9 | 2.0 | 34,700 | 0.83 |
Sold fish in advance | 4 | 0.9 | 11,000 | 0.26 |
Sold fruits of own trees | 4 | 0.9 | 4,000 | 0.10 |
Sold poultry | 16 | 3.6 | 10,950 | 0.26 |
Took Jakat/Fetra (religious fund/support) | 4 | 0.9 | 1,600 | 0.04 |
Sought financial help | 15 | 3.3 | 68,800 | 1.64 |
Begged | 2 | 0.4 | 2,000 | 0.05 |
Took relief from Government and public | 1 | 0.2 | 1,500 | 0.04 |
Mortgaged Land | 22 | 4.9 | 208,000 | 4.96 |
Leased land | 2 | 0.4 | 8,000 | 0.19 |
Leased Ornaments | 2 | 0.4 | 3,000 | 0.07 |
Insurance/community funding | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
 Total |  |  | 4,195,440 | 100.00 |