Table 1.
Characteristics of the study population at baseline across 11 countries, 2014 (n = 23,805).
| Characteristics | Bhutan | Ethiopia | Ghana | Indonesia | Kenya | Mozambique | Nepal 1 1 | Nepal 2 1 | South Sudan | Tanzania | Uganda | Zambia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total living in program area 2 | 95,111 | 454,255 | 469,964 | 174,547 | 816,934 | 1,267,424 | 460,873 | 521,548 | 487,105 | 996,535 | 2,033,442 | 541,063 |
| Total sampled | 751 | 2167 | 2112 | 2039 | 1953 | 1888 | 2979 | 2492 | 2131 | 2177 | 2055 | 1061 |
| Female headed household (%) 3 | 214 (25) | 490 (23) | 274 (17) | 197 (10) | 428 (23) | 451 (24) | 554 (16) | 372 (15) | 736 (33) | 427 (20) | 473 (23) | 282 (26) |
| Households with any person with disability (%) 3 | 57 (7) | 53 (2) | 226 (12) | 89 (5) | 227 (11) | 71 (4) | 410 (10) | 226 (9) | 187 (8) | 353 (17) | 220 (12) | 98 (9) |
| Households with any elderly (%) 3,4 | 459 (62) | 849 (39) | 1431 (70) | 978 (48) | 1101 (56) | 461 (24) | 1749 (60) | 1572 (65) | 1259 (61) | 1071 (49) | 956 (49) | 421 (39) |
| Households wealth quintiles 5 | ||||||||||||
| Lowest two quintiles (%) | 163 (44) | 851 (39) | 773 (36) | 1046 (47) | 1384 (68) | 519 (28) | 1990 (57) | 1269 (51) | 86 (4) | 551 (23) | 790 (40) | 429 (40) |
| Middle quintile (%) | 121 (33) | 449 (21) | 466 (22) | 530 (27) | 288 (17) | 440 (23) | 761 (32) | 976 (39) | 433 (20) | 925 (43) | 412 (20) | 229 (22) |
| Highest two quintiles (%) | 86 (23) | 867 (40) | 873 (41) | 463 (25) | 281 (16) | 929 (49) | 228 (11) | 247 (10) | 1612 (76) | 701 (33) | 853 (40) | 403 (38) |
| Number of HH members, mean (SD) | 4.6 (0.08) | 4.8 (0.05) | 10 (0.16) | 4.1 (0.04) | 8 (0.16) | 4.2 (0.06) | 6.8 (0.06) | 7.1 (0.08) | 7.3 (0.09) | 7.3 (0.1) | 7.9 (0.31) | 5.4 (0.09) |
1 There were two separately funded program areas in Nepal, which we call Nepal 1 and Nepal 2. 2 Population size of the entire program catchment areas at baseline. 3 Sampling weights were used so the percentages are representative of the program areas. 4 Any persons ≥50. 5 These the percent of people in the poorest two wealth quintile based on national wealth assets. HH—households; SD—standard deviation.