International Journal for Equity in Health

Table 2 Number and percent of households, by wealth quintile and card ownership, and selected measures of targeting performance

From: Targeting accuracy and impact of a community-identified waiver card scheme for primary care user fees in Afghanistan

Wealth quintiles from PCA					Self-rated wealth status
		Card ownership					Card ownership
Quintile		No	Yes	Total	Rating		No	Yes	Total
1	N	242	56	298	1	N	233	56	289
	%	81.2	18.8	100.0		%	80.6	19.4	100.0
2	N	173	39	212	2	N	445	78	523
	%	81.6	18.4	100.0		%	85.1	14.9	100.0
3	N	169	31	200	3	N	253	30	283
	%	84.5	15.5	100.0		%	89.4	10.6	100.0
4	N	199	18	217	4	N	43	2	45
	%	91.7	8.3	100.0		%	95.6	4.4	100.0
5	N	173	20	193	5	N	7	0	7
	%	89.6	10.4	100.0		%	100.0	0.0	100.0
Total	N	956	164	1,120	Total	N	981	166	1,147
	%	85.4	14.6	100.0		%	85.5	14.5	100.0
Leakage - 20% poor				65.9%	Leakage - "1" = poor				66.2%
Leakage - 40% poor				42.1%	Leakage - "1" or "2" = poor				19.3%
Under-coverage - 20% poor				81.2%	Under-coverage - "1" = poor				80.6%
Under-coverage - 40% poor				81.4%	Under-coverage - "1" or "2" = poor				83.5%
Progressivity ratio 20% poor¹				1.28	Progressivity ratio "1" = poor¹				1.34
Progressivity ratio 40% poor¹				1.27	Progressivity ratio "1" or "2" = poor¹				1.14

¹ Progressivity ratio = proportion of total benefits going to poor/proportion of population comprised by poor (Coady et al. 2002). (A value of 1 indicates neutral targeting.)
Note: Wealth quintiles created from PCA on basic asset index for each province separately (including free services and control facilities). For quintile scores and self-rated wealth ratings, 1 = lowest; 5 = highest.

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