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Table 4 Socioeconomic status

From: A case-control study of musculoskeletal impairment: association with socio-economic status, time use and quality of life in post-conflict Myanmar

 

Cases (n = 108)

Controls (n = 104)

Coefficient (95% CI)a

Median (95% CI) a

(IQR) a

Median (95% CI) a

(IQR) a

 

Per Capita Expenditure (US$, monthly)

Total

35.03

34.72

32.07

35.50

11.8% (−8.6–32.2)

Food

18.28

14.76

18.15

15.69

−6.0% (−21.0–8.9)

Health

0.18

2.36

0.00

0.47

115.5% (51.3–179.8)

Otherb

12.57

19.18

11.52

17.72

9.2% (−19.5–38.0)

Total minus health

32.41

27.14

31.06

33.54

2.2% (−16.9–21.2)

Catastrophic Health Expenditure

20.4%

1.9%

15.2 (3.3–69.8)

Below International Poverty line

75.0%

76.9%

0.9 (0.5–1.7)

Per Capita Income (US$, monthly)

3.1

0.8

3.4

0.9

−19.5% (−39.5–0.6)

Quartile 1 (poorest)

38.9%

26.2%

Ref.

Quartile 2

25.0%

25.2%

0.7 (0.3–1.4)

Quartile 3

15.7%

24.3%

0.4 (0.2–1.0)

Quartile 4 (richest)

20.4%

24.3%

0.6 (0.3–1.2)

Proportion experiencing an income gap

65.7%

47.1%

2.2 (1.2–3.8)c

SES score

SES score

−0.2 (−0.7–0.2)

2.5

0.2 (−0.2–0.7)

2.4

 
   

Age-Sex adj OR (95% CI)

Tertile 1 (poorest)

42.6%

33.7%

0.6 (0.3–1.2)

Tertile 2 (middle)

29.6%

33.7%

Tertile 3 (richest)

27.8%

32.7%

  1. aExponentiated regression coefficient, using log transformed expenditure and income, which illustrates the percent difference in expenditure/income per capita among case and control households, after taking into account age and sex
  2. bOther expenditure: personal, entertainment, education, taxes, occasional and other
  3. cAmongst those reporting an income gap < 0