Table 6 Health cost of women cotton pickers from non-Bt cotton households (US$/season)
From: Occupational hazards and health cost of women cotton pickers in Pakistani Punjab
Cost items | Percentiles | Mean | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
25 % | 50 % | 75 % | 90 % | 95 % | 99 % | ||
Medication | 0 | 0.62 | 2.73 | 4.14 | 5.53 | 6.76 | 1.58 |
Traveling | 0 | 0.24 | 0.71 | 0.94 | 1.76 | 2.35 | 0.42 |
Accompanied person | 0 | 0.41 | 0.88 | 0.94 | 1.41 | 2.94 | 0.49 |
Productivity loss | 0 | 0.71 | 4.12 | 7.35 | 9.41 | 11.53 | 2.47 |
Dietary expenses | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.35 | 0.82 | 0.24 | 0.24 |
Precautionary measures | 0 | 0.00 | 1.18 | 1.74 | 2.71 | 2.94 | 0.55 |
Total health cost | 0 | 3.91 | 9.59 | 13.71 | 15.95 | 20.88 | 5.74 |