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. 2012 Dec 13;11:75. doi: 10.1186/1475-9276-11-75

Table 3.

Definition of socioeconomic status (SES) quintiles, and number of sampled facilities falling into each quintile

SES quintiles Number of facilities1 Percent of households above the poverty line cut-offs
Range (min-max) Mean
Poorest 20%
68
17.8-36.9
31.1
2nd quintile
65
37.0-43.9
39.9
3rd quintile
30
44.0-51.0
47.6
4th quintile
38
51.1-61.0
56.4
Least poor 20% 47 61.7-92.1 71.5

1 The number of facilities per quintile is not equal as sampling weights were used in calculating the quintile cut-offs.