Table 6. Impact of health expenses on household allocation patterns: a 1% increase in health expenditure is associated with __% change in consumption category.

		Income Quartile
Allocation category	Total	1	2	3	4
Food	0.19****	−0.39****	−0.03****	0.04****	0.42****
Education	−0.07****	−0.24****	−0.47****	−0.10****	0.05****
Production means	−1.59****	−0.18****	−0.08****	−0.36****	−2.95****
Transportation	0.00****	−0.02****	0.00*	−0.03****	0.03****
Construction	−1.40****	−0.80****	−4.01****	−0.93****	−1.25****
Charity	−0.01****	−0.02****	0.00	0.03****	0.01****
Durable goods	−0.09****	−0.03****	−0.05****	−0.22****	−0.01****
Utilities	0.02****	−0.04****	−0.03****	0.04****	0.05****
Daily goods	0.01****	−0.04****	0.01****	0.02****	0.02****
Social activities	0.00****	0.01****	−0.02****	0.00****	0.01****
Insurance	0.00****	0.00****	0.00****	0.00**	0.00****
Gifts	0.00***	0.00****	0.00	0.00****	0.00****
Tobacco/Alcohol	0.01****	−0.03****	−0.03****	0.04****	0.01****
Loan interest	0.00****	−0.01****	0.01****	−0.08****	0.02****
Other	−0.16****	−0.03****	−0.06****	−0.39****	0.05****

Note: This table depicts multivariate results after controlling for household size; age, gender, marital status, occupation and education of household head; presence of household member under 18 years or over 65 years old. *Significant at p<0.10. **Significant at p<0.05. ***Significant at p<0.01. ****Significant at p<0.001.