Table 3.
Incidence and intensity of catastrophic expenditure for different thresholds
| Sample | Threshold | Overshoot at 10% | Mean positive overshoot at 10% | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5% | 10% | 15% | 20% | 25% | 40% | |||
| As a proportion of total consumption | ||||||||
| HH of a person with SMD | 42.7 | 20.3 | 16.5 | 12.1 | 4.5 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 9.7 |
| HH without a person with SMD | 41.7 | 15.6 | 15.4 | 12.0 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 7.6 |
| Sample | Threshold | Overshoot at 40%+ | Mean positive overshoot at 40%+ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5% | 10% | 15% | 20% | 25% | 40% | |||
| As a proportion of capacity to pay | ||||||||
| HH of a person with SMD | 89.6* | 74.3 | 65.7 | 62.2 | 48.3 | 32.2** | 6.7* | 21.2 |
| HH without a person with SMD | 80.8 | 65.2 | 57.5 | 52.3 | 38.2 | 18.2 | 2.9 | 15.9 |
HH: household
* p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01