Table 2. Unadjusted differences in expenditure categories between NCD and non-NCD households.
| Non-NCD Avg. (%)a |
Difference (% points)b |
Relative Diff. (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Medical | 3.019 | 1.781*** | 58.988 |
| (2.872,3.166) | (1.430,2.132) | ||
| Food | 57.28 | -3.493*** | -6.099 |
| (56.684,57.876) | (-4.244,-2.742) | ||
| Tobacco | 2.868 | -0.021 | -0.725 |
| (2.704,3.031) | (-0.191,0.150) | ||
| Clothing | 5.729 | -0.272*** | -4.747 |
| (5.568,5.890) | (-0.441,-0.103) | ||
| Housing | 8.317 | 0.450* | 5.415 |
| (7.905,8.729) | (-0.053,0.954) | ||
| Education | 3.739 | 0.996*** | 26.655 |
| (3.525,3.952) | (0.670,1.323) | ||
| Lifestyle & Hygiene | 3.129 | -0.163*** | -5.221 |
| (3.070,3.188) | (-0.246,-0.080) | ||
| Energy | 7.022 | -0.623*** | -8.874 |
| (6.851,7.194) | (-0.892,-0.354) | ||
| Transportation & Communications | 4.909 | 0.088 | 1.796 |
| (4.735,5.083) | (-0.183,0.359) | ||
| Entertain | 0.577 | 0.148*** | 25.603 |
| (0.527,0.628) | (0.066,0.229) | ||
| Misc. | 3.411 | 1.109*** | 32.502 |
| (3.203,3.619) | (0.723,1.494) |
a 95% confidence interval in parentheses.
*** p<0.01
** p<0.05
* p<0.1
b NCD household status is defined as at least one household member reporting one or more of the following NCDs–heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, kidney diseases, asthma, cancer.