Table 4.
The distribution of socioeconomic characteristics by place of treatment
| Socioeconomic characteristic | State (n = 41) | Private (100) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | %a | Number | %a | |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 14 | 16.6 % | 50 | 83.4 % |
| Female | 27 | 29.2 % | 50 | 70.8 % |
| Age (years) | ||||
| 35 to 39 | 1 | 47.9 % | 5 | 52.1 % |
| 40 to 44 | 2 | 21.5 % | 16 | 78.5 % |
| 45 to 49 | 6 | 20.1 % | 19 | 79.9 % |
| 50 to 54 | 15 | 20.9 % | 21 | 79.1 % |
| 55 to 59 | 10 | 28.1 % | 19 | 71.9 % |
| 60 to 64 | 7 | 19.2 % | 20 | 80.8 % |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Sinhalese | 28 | 21.8 % | 84 | 78.2 % |
| Tamil | 8 | 97.6 % | 3 | 2.4 % |
| Muslim | 5 | 34.7 % | 13 | 65.3 % |
| Education | ||||
| No schooling | 1 | 59.0 % | 1 | 41.0 % |
| Grade 5 or below | 11 | 19.4 % | 10 | 80.6 % |
| Grade 6 to Grade 10 | 21 | 42.4 % | 33 | 57.6 % |
| Ordinary Level to Grade 12 | 4 | 0.6 % | 26 | 99.4 % |
| Advanced Level and above | 2 | 11.1 % | 25 | 88.9 % |
| Missing | 2 | 5 | ||
| Occupation | ||||
| Professional | - | - | 2 | 100 % |
| Technical & clerical | - | - | 9 | 100 % |
| Vendors and sellers | 2 | 5.6 % | 21 | 94.4 % |
| Skilled manual workers | 4 | 35.0 % | 11 | 65.0 % |
| Unskilled manual workers | 3 | 0.8 % | 5 | 99.2 % |
| Retired | 5 | 37.4 % | 6 | 62.6 % |
| Unemployed | 4 | 37.5 % | 5 | 62.5 % |
| Housewife | 23 | 31.9 % | 40 | 68.1 % |
| Missing | 0 | 1 | ||
| Sector | ||||
| Urban | 19 | 28.8 % | 44 | 71.2 % |
| Rural | 15 | 23.2 % | 51 | 76.8 % |
| Estate | 7 | 58.1 % | 5 | 41.9 % |
| Income Category (Monthly Income) | ||||
| < Sri Lankan Rupees 10,000 | 16 | 31.6 % | 17 | 68.4 % |
| Sri Lankan Rupees 10,000 to 30,000 | 20 | 20.3 % | 57 | 79.7 % |
| > Sri Lankan Rupees 30,000 | 4 | 16.6 % | 15 | 83.4 % |
| Missing | 1 | 11 | ||
| Social status index | ||||
| 1st quintile (richest) | 9 | 21.1 % | 30 | 78.9 % |
| 2nd quintile | 14 | 44.3 % | 23 | 55.7 % |
| 3rd quintile | 5 | 13.7 % | 26 | 86.3 % |
| 4th quintile | 8 | 15.6 % | 18 | 84.4 % |
| 5th quintile (poorest) | 5 | 61.2 % | 3 | 38.8 % |
| Unsatisfactory Basic Needs Index | ||||
| 1 (poorest) | 1 | 49.2 % | 1 | 50.8 % |
| 2 | 4 | 40.3 % | 3 | 59.7 % |
| 3 | 5 | 30.2 % | 13 | 69.8 % |
| 4 | 14 | 16.8 % | 32 | 83.2 % |
| 5 (richest) | 17 | 23.1 % | 51 | 76.9 % |
aAll percentages were weighted values