Table 6.

Mean and Standard deviation of OOP and health expenditure by gender, in Nigerian Naira and US Dollars

Mean OOPs per capita	Mean	SD	Min	Max	$
Mean out of pocket payments per capita (total sample)	2333.88	5460.77	13.00	72500.00	15.56
Mean out of pocket payments per capita (female)	2011.01	4263.55	16.25	31600.00	13.41
Mean out of pocket payments per capita (male)	2424.61	5753.10	13.00	72500.00	16.16

Author’s calculations based on the NGHPS data (N = 1176). Urban elderly households sample. All figures are in Col 1–4 are in Nigerian Naira. Col 5 in US dollars. (Conversion: $1 = 150 Nigerian Naira, 2010)