Table 2.
Household characteristics by countrya
| |
Country |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
China |
Malaysia |
Philippines |
Vietnam |
| Household characteristic | (n=3993) | (n=6095) | (n=10,074) | (n=4169) |
| Region, (%) |
|
|
|
|
| Urban |
33.0 |
63.8 |
58.9 |
23.7 |
| Rural |
67.0 |
36.2 |
41.1 |
76.3 |
| Sex distribution, (%) |
|
|
|
|
| Females in household |
50.3 |
50.6 |
50.1 |
50.8 |
| Age distribution, (%) |
|
|
|
|
| Households with children 0–5 years |
16.7 |
35.1 |
45.4 |
28.0 |
| Households with children 6–15 years |
43.1 |
48.4 |
61.7 |
62.0 |
| Households with persons 16–59 years |
88.3 |
95.8 |
96.4 |
97.4 |
| Households with persons 60+ years |
37.3 |
23.2 |
22.4 |
26.4 |
| Size, (%) |
|
|
|
|
| Households with 1–2 members |
22.0 |
24.6 |
9.9 |
7.8 |
| Households with 3–5 members |
69.8 |
49.1 |
49.7 |
68.4 |
| Households with 6–10 members |
8.2 |
25.4 |
38.4 |
23.4 |
| Households with 11+ members |
0.0 |
0.9 |
2.0 |
0.4 |
| Marital status, (%) |
|
|
|
|
| Households with at least one married member |
91.4 |
81.2 |
82.3 |
93.6 |
| Highest education by member, (%) |
|
|
|
|
| No schooling or less than primary |
6.6 |
6.7 |
6.3 |
5.8 |
| Primary school completed |
11.8 |
12.1 |
21.3 |
16.8 |
| Secondary school completed |
38.2 |
14.4 |
41.7 |
35.3 |
| High school or equivalent completed |
26.3 |
39.4 |
7.2 |
30.3 |
| College or post-graduate completed |
17.0 |
27.4 |
23.5 |
11.8 |
| Health care need, (%) |
|
|
|
|
| Member with long-term illness, disability or frailty |
4.6 |
4.2 |
3.2 |
3.3 |
| Respondent with chronic illness |
23.1 |
30.7 |
41.4 |
16.4 |
| Hospitalization |
7.2 |
18.0 |
15.4 |
14.5 |
| Risk protection, (%) |
|
|
|
|
| Households with no reported health insurance |
40.5 |
41.7 |
75.4 |
42.5 |
| Households with at least one member but not all insured |
18.8 |
30.9 |
13.8 |
50.5 |
| Households with all members insured |
40.7 |
27.4 |
10.8 |
7.1 |
| Poverty, (%)b |
|
|
|
|
| Households classified as poor |
19.1 |
20.5 |
39.0 |
30.6 |
| Total annual expenditure, median by wealth quintile ($)c |
|
|
|
|
| Q1 (fewest assets) |
2468 |
2471 |
2673 |
3080 |
| Q2 |
3760 |
4127 |
4103 |
3491 |
| Q3 |
5560 |
5405 |
5097 |
4107 |
| Q4 |
7276 |
6756 |
6838 |
5134 |
| Q5 (most assets) | 10,490 | 10,956 | 10,319 | 8220 |
aAll estimates are weighted to adjust for complex survey design.
bPoverty line constructed using a weighted median food expenditure in each country sample (Xu, et al., 2003).
cExpenditures expressed in 2002/03 International Dollars.