Approach	Threshold (%)	Denominator	The out-of-pocket payment that results in CHE
			Ethiopian birr (ETB)	US$a
Budget share	10	Household income	2423	111
Budget share	10	Household expenditure	2931	135
Capacity-to-payb	25	Expenditure minus actual food spending	3200	147
Capacity-to-payb	40	Expenditure minus actual food spending	5121	236
Budget share	25	Household income	6057	279
Budget share	25	Household expenditure	7328	337

These calculations are based on an average food spending of ETB16,508, a household income of ETB24,227 and a household expenditure of ETB29,310 [30].

^aUsing the 2016 exchange rate (US$1 = ETB21.73) [31].

^bCapacity-to-pay approach was applied using sub-method 1 (Table 1), where the basic needs was represented by actual food spending.