Table 5.
Investigating the status of exposure to catastrophic costs in terms of income groups and separated by different funds
| Variable name | Catastrophic costs | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Do not have (%) | Has it (%) | Total (%) | |
| Income | |||
| <8000000 rials | 8 (11.8) | 60 (88.2) | 68 (100) |
| 8000000 rials and 13000000 rials | 36 (50.7) | 35 (49.3) | 71 (100) |
| 13000000 rials and 20000000 rials | 36 (50.7) | 35 (49.3) | 71 (100) |
| >20000000 rials | 39 (73.6) | 14 (26.4) | 53 (100) |
| Total | 119 (45.2) | 144 (54.8) | 263 (100) |
| Insurance fund | |||
| Employees | 59 (49.6) | 29 (20.1) | 88 (33.5) |
| Other classes | 50 (42.0) | 10 (6.9) | 60 (22.8) |
| Rural | 0 (0.0) | 22 (15.3) | 22 (8.4) |
| Universal health | 9 (7.6) | 79 (54.9) | 88 (33.5) |
| Iranians | 1 (8) | 4 (2.8) | 5 (1.9) |
| Total | 119 (100) | 144 (100) | 263 (100) |
| Chi-square test statistic, significance level | 115, 0.00 | ||
| Job of the household head | |||
| Unemployed | 20 (16.8) | 22 (15.3) | 42 (16) |
| Retired | 33 (27.7) | 14 (9.7) | 47 (17.9) |
| Employee | 19 (16) | 7 (4.9) | 26 (9.9) |
| Worker | 1 (8) | 11 (7.6) | 12 (4.6) |
| Self-employed | 28 (23.5) | 84 (58.3) | 112 (42.6) |
| Manager | 2 (1.7) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.8) |
| University professor | 2 (1.7) | 2 (1.4) | 4 (1.5) |
| Unable to work | 2 (1.7) | 3 (2.1) | 5 (1.9) |
| Veteran | 12 (10.1) | 3 (2.1) | 13 (4.9) |
| Total | 119 (100) | 144 (100) | 263 (100) |
| Chi-square test statistic, significance level | 59.3, 0.00 | ||