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Table 3 Descriptive Statistics of households

From: Assessing the household economic burden of non-communicable diseases in India: evidence from repeated cross-sectional surveys

VARIABLES

2014 (N = 26,816)

2017–18 (N = 38,835)

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

Age of household head

Less than 60

68.83 [67.37,70.25]

67.31 [65.99,68.59]

60 or more

31.17 [29.75,32.63]

32.69 [31.41,34.01]

Gender of household head

Male

85.92 [84.78,86.98]

85.88 [84.88,86.82]

Female

14.08 [13.02,15.22]

14.12 [13.18,15.12]

Age composition of household members

No children or old

39.86 [38.33,41.42]

42.41 [41.01,43.81]

With children but no older people

14.18 [13.19,15.22]

11.72 [10.91,12.59]

With older people but no children

28.28 [26.86,29.73]

30.15 [28.86,31.46]

With both children and older people

11.61 [10.74,12.53]

9.18 [8.51,9.91]

Older people only

6.08 [5.33,6.93]

6.54 [5.89,7.262]

Household gender composition

All female

4.24 [3.6,5]

4.768 [4.18,5.44]

Both male and female

94.61 [93.8,95.33]

93.71 [92.96,94.38]

All male

1.14 [0.85,1.51]

1.52 [1.23,1.893]

Household size

1–3 member

29.59 [28.14,31.09]

31.99 [30.67,33.34]

4–6 member

53.25 [51.69,54.81]

52.83 [51.44,54.22]

7 or above members

17.15 [16.05,18.31]

15.18 [14.25,16.16]

Educational Status of household head

Illiterate or below primary

42.64 [41.03,44.27]

38.77 [37.34,40.21]

Primary completed

12.9 [11.93,13.95]

13.56 [12.63,14.53]

Middle completed

15.01 [13.93,16.15]

14.26 [13.31,15.26]

Secondary/Senior secondary

20.06 [18.82,21.36]

22.17 [21.07,23.32]

Graduation or above

9.39 [8.5,10.36]

11.25 [10.36,12.2]

Principal Occupation of Household

Regular wage/salary

20.65 [19.43,21.92]

20.92 [19.81,22.07]

Self-employed

46.58 [45.01,48.17]

45.7 [44.29,47.13]

Casual Labour

22.33 [21,23.17]

22.51 [21.28,23.79]

Others

10.44 [9.46,11.52]

10.87 [10.05,11.75]

Social Group

Scheduled Caste/ Tribe

22.71 [21.32,24.16]

22.93 [21.69,24.23]

Other Backward Castes

44.73 [42.99,46.49]

41.84 [40.35,43.34]

Others

32.56 [30.97,34.19]

35.23 [33.8,36.69]

Monthly Per Capita Expenditure Quintiles

Poorest

21.38 [20,22.84]

22.26 [20.99,23.58]

Poor

19.33 [18.08,20.65]

19.89 [18.74,21.08]

Middle

19.7 [18.49,20.98]

19.64 [18.55,20.78]

Rich

19.18 [18.04,20.38]

19.27 [18.21,20.37]

Richest

20.4 [19.14,21.72]

18.95 [17.86,20.1]

Living Condition Index

Lowest

38.49 [36.81,40.2]

38.24 [36.75,39.74]

Middle

19.25 [17.95,20.61]

13.5 [12.54,14.52]

Highest

42.26 [40.58,43.96]

48.26 [46.75,49.78]

Whether covered by Insurance

No

74.39 [72.79,75.94]

73.11 [71.65,74.53]

Yes

25.61 [24.06,27.21]

26.89 [25.47,28.35]

Finance source

Household income/savings

89.4 [88.57,90.17]

91.37 [90.65,92.03]

Borrowings

7.54 [6.9,8.22]

4.37 [3.913,4.878]

Other sources

3.06 [2.62,3.6]

4.27 [3.78,4.81]

Care seeking for NCD related treatment

Only Public

22.43 [21.14,23.78]

27.61 [26.35,28.91]

Both Public and Private

10.89 [10.16,11.66]

9.39 [8.82,9.99]

Only Private

66.68 [65.21,68.12]

63 [61.64,64.34]

Hospitalization for NCD in household

No

75.79[75.03,76.54]

82.16[81.62,82.68]

Yes

24.21[23.46,24.97]

17.84[17.32,18.38]

Household members requiring care

One

83.11[82,84.16]

84.16[82.85,81.90]

Two

12.78[11.88,13.73]

13.73[13.04,12.25]

Three or More

4.12[3.64,4.66]

4.66[4.11,3.73]

Inter-state hospitalization

No

98.2 [97.96,98.42]

98.4 [98.21,98.57]

Yes

1.8 [1.58,2.04]

1.6 [1.43,1.79]

Epidemiological transition level of state

Low-ETL

30.09 [28.33,31.92]

29.27 [27.74,30.84]

Lower-middle ETL

5.2 [4.5,6]

4.88 [4.21,5.65]

Higher-middle ETL

39.86 [37.9,41.86]

45.63 [43.9,47.38]

High ETL

24.84 [23.09,26.68]

20.22 [18.98,21.53]

Location

Rural

61.92 [60.31,63.5]

62.01 [60.59,63.41]

Urban

38.08 [36.5,39.7]

37.99 [36.59,39.41]