Table 1.
Indigent group | ICP | COGES | Non-retained | Quibb | Contrasts&(pValue) | ||
Household characteristics |
(1) (n = 129) |
(2) (n = 197) |
(3) (n = 48) |
(4) (n = 5900) |
(1) vs. (2) |
(1,2,3) vs. 4 |
(2) vs. (3) |
Mean number of household members | 7.5 (6.8-8.2) |
5.5 (4.8-6.2) |
4.7 (3.9-5.5) |
6.7 (6.6-6.8) |
< 0.001 | 0,007 | 0,028 |
Female head of household | 15.5% | 27.4% | 12.5% | 6.3% | 0.012 | < 0.001 | 0.031 |
Health centre more than an hour away on foot | 26.4% (18.7-34.1) | 50.3% (43.2-57.3) | 52.1% (37.4-66.7) | 44.3% (43.0-45.6) | < 0.001 | 0.440 | 0.821 |
Possession of small ruminant animals | 71.5% (63.7-79.4) | 38.2% (31.4-45.0) | 60.4% (46.1-74.8) | 74.7% (73.6-75.8) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.006 |
Possession of large livestock | 41.5% (33.0-50.1) | 20.1% (14.5-25.7) | 29.2% (15.8-42.5) | 62.0% (60.8-63.3) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.186 |
Possession of a cart or plow | 40.0% (31.5-48.5) | 14.1% (9.2-18.9) | 29.2% (15.8-42.5) | 59.1% (57.8-60.3) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.014 |
Possession of a radio | 43.8% (35.2-52.5) | 14.1% (9.2-18.9) | 20.8% (8.9-32.8) | 37.9% (36.7-39.2) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.258 |
Mean annual consumption by head ‡ | 89,521 | 93,238 | 118,475 | 148,076 | 0.737 | < 0.001 | 0.082 |
(71,707-107,335) | (79,989-106,487) | (98,647-138,302) | (142,267-153,885) | ||||
Median annual consumption by head ‡ | 59,423 | 59,043 | 96,951 | 98,969 | |||
Proportion of food expenses | 71.1% | 61.8% | 68.4% | 57.0% | 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.138 |
(68.3-73.9) | (57.6-65.9) | (62.8-74.0) | (56.6-57.4) | ||||
Incidence of poverty | 66.7% | 66.0% | 47.9% | 44.2% | 0.899 | < 0.001 | 0.020 |
(58.4-74.9) | (59.3-72.7) | (33.3-62.6) | (43.0-45.5) | ||||
Incidence of extreme poverty | 35.7% | 33.5% | 6.3% | 9.2% | 0.688 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
(27.3-44.0) | (26.9-40.2) | (0.0-13.4) | (8.5-10.0) | ||||
Poverty deficit (CFA francs) ‡ |
43,039 | 47,386 | 28,372 | 29,017 | 0.165 | < 0.001 | 0.001 |
(39,127-46 952) | (43,071-51,700) | (20,551-36,193) | (28,338-29,696) |
Key: ‡1F CFA = 0. 00220 US$ at December 31, 2007; &: Partial Chi-Square or F-Test depending on the metrics of the outcome.
Table 1 compare the socio-economic characteristics of the households of indigents and of the rural population