Table 2.

Comparison of indigents' personal socio-economic characteristics

Group	ICP	COGES	Non-retained	Contrasts (pValue)
Personal characteristics	(1) (n = 82)	(2) (n = 184)	(3) (n = 48)	(1) vs. (2)	(2) vs. (3)	(1,2) vs. (3)
Average age	52.8 (48.8-56.7)	64.2 (61.8-66.5)	64.4 (59.6-69.3)	< 0.001	0.932	0.170
Proportion 60 years old +	35.4% (24.8-45.9)	69.0% (62.3-75.8)	70.8% (57.5-84.2)	< 0.001	0.809	0.113
Proportion of widowers - widows	34.6% (24.0-45.1)	46.7% (39.5-54.0)	39.6% (25.2-53.9)	0.066	0.377	0.659
Proportion of females	47.6% (36.5-58.6)	46.7% (39.5-54.0)	47.9% (33.3-62.6)	0.902	0.885	0.906
Not educated	93.8% (88.3-99.2)	96.2% (93.4-99.0)	95.8% (90.0-100)	0.395	0.908	0.912
Suffering from a disability	42.5% (31.4-53.6)	61.4% (54.3-68.5)	62.5% (48.3-76.7)	0.004	0.891	0.382
Health problem of more than 6 months	55.0% (43.9-66.1)	76.6% (70.5-82.8)	72.9% (59.9-86.0)	< 0.001	0.594	0.692
No income generating activity in the past 7 days	73.8 (63.9-83.6)	81.5 (75.9-87.2)	97.9 (93.7-100)	0.154	0.005	0.002
Difficulty in meeting daily food needs	32.5% (22.0-43.0)	35.9% (28.9-42.9)	41.7% (27.2-56.1)	0.599	0.461	0.367
Had to ask someone else for food in the past 30 days	26.3% (16.4-36.1)	36.4% (29.4-43.4)	20.8% (8.9-32.8)	0.108	0.041	0.087
Had to ask for help to pay for healthcare in the past 6 months	30.0% (19.7-40.3)	37.0% (29.9-44.0)	20.8% (8.9-32.8)	0.277	0.035	0.057
Unable to pay for drugs for a child	28.8 (18.6-38.9)	28.3 (21.7-34.8)	16.7 (5.7-27.6)	0.936	0.103	0.091
Sold animals or land to pay for drugs in the past 6 months	8.8 (2.4-15.1)	9.2 (5.0-13.5)	6.3 (0.0-13.4)	0.899	0.513	0.521
Delayed going to the dispensary because of lack of funds in the past 6 months	28.8 (18.6-38.9)	47.8 (40.5-55.1)	39.6 (25.2-53.9)	0.004	0.310	0.751

&: Partial Chi-Square or F-Test depending on the metrics of the outcome.

Table 2 compare the personal characteristics of the indigents