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Proportion of households with CHE at variable thresholds and by expenditure quintiles (N = 1176)
| Mean | Expenditure Quintile | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1: Poorest | Q2 | Q3 | Q4: Richest | ||
| 10 % of total household expenditure | 9.61 | 14.63 | 10.54 | 6.46 | 6.50 |
Author’s analysis based on the NGHPS 2010 (urban elderly sample). Expenditure differences across the household quintiles are statistically significant at the for 10 % CHE threshold (p < 0.05)
