Table 7 Health cost of women cotton pickers from 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 | 0.35 | 1.18 | 1.78 | 2.13 | 4.14 | 0.67 |
Traveling | 0 | 0.12 | 0.35 | 0.82 | 1.06 | 2.35 | 0.28 |
Accompanied person | 0 | 0.41 | 0.88 | 1.41 | 2.06 | 3.00 | 0.52 |
Productivity loss | 0 | 0.53 | 1.50 | 2.35 | 2.94 | 5.06 | 0.89 |
Dietary expenses | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.59 | 2.94 | 0.07 |
Precautionary measures | 0 | 0.00 | 0.71 | 1.53 | 2.71 | 3.88 | 0.49 |
Total health cost | 0 | 2.00 | 4.75 | 7.06 | 8.38 | 13.00 | 2.91 |