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Table 1 Background characteristics of households

From: Catastrophic out-of-pocket payments for households of people with severe mental disorder: a comparative study in rural Ethiopia

Household characteristics

Households of person with severe mental disorder (SMD) (n = 290)

Comparison households without person with SMD (n = 289)

p-value

Socio-demographic and economic

 Household members (N)

1513

1522

 

 Household size, mean (SD)

5.2 (2.2)

5.3 (2.1)

0.508

 Household composition, mean (SD)a

2.8 (0.9)

2.7 (0.8)

0.915

 Mean number of adults in household

3.2 (1.3)

2.9 (1.1)

0.004

 Children younger than 15 years, mean (SD)

1.9 (1.7)

2.3 (1.6)

0.004

Residence, n (%)

 Urban

55 (18.9)

53 (18.3)

0.847

 Rural

235 (81.0)

236 (81.7)

Gender, n (%)

 Male

210 (72.7)

223 (78.0)

0.140

 Female

79 (27.3)

63 (22.0)

Head age (years), mean (SD)

49.5 (14.2)

49.9 (14.0)

0.867

Head marital status, n (%)

 Never married

20 (6.9)

5 (1.7)

0.007

 Married

205 (70.9)

223 (77.7)

 Separated/divorced/widowed

64 (22.1)

59 (20.5)

Head education, n (%)

 No formal education

185 (63.7)

179 (61.9)

0.788

 Primary education

76 (26.2)

83 (28.7)

 More than primary

29 (10.0)

27 (9.3)

Head with health insurance, n (%)

3 (1.0)

8 (2.7)

0.262

 Annual median (IQR) food consumptionb

6087.8 (3785.5, 9533.3)

6240.0 (4356.7, 10,111.1)

0.868

 Annual median (IQR) non-food consumptionb

1570.0 (744.2, 3179.1)

1627.5 (680.0, 3235.5)

0.803

 Annual median (IQR) health consumptionb

290.9 (166.6, 678.2)

355.5 (195.2, 733.3)

0.308

Consumption quintile

 Lowest

62 (21.4)

52 (17.9)

0.613

 Low

64 (22.1)

57 (19.7)

 Middle

54 (18.6)

63 (21.8)

 High

54 (18.6)

63 (21.8)

 Highest

55 (19.0)

54 (18.6)

Clinical characteristics

 WHODAS, median (IQR)

52.7 (31.9, 69.4)

5.5 (0.0, 19.4)

0.000

  1. WHODAS score for the index patient and for the interviewed household member in the comparison group
  2. WHODAS: World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule; IQR: inter-quartile range; SD: standard deviation
  3. aAdult equivalent
  4. bBirr; US$1 = Birr 20.69 (2015)