Table 1 Socio-economic and demographic characteristics of the sample households
| Â | Paniya | Other ST/SC | OBC | FC | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sample households | 148 | 92 | 146 | 157 | 543 |
Sample individuals | 841 | 461 | 845 | 778 | 2925 |
% of female-headed HH | 18.9 | 20.8 | 19.9 | 15.9 | 18.6 |
Education of HH head | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   No education | 77.0 | 34.8 | 19.2 | 5.7 | 24.3 |
   Primary | 13.5 | 20.6 | 33.6 | 17.2 | 23.0 |
   High school | 9.5 | 44.6 | 45.9 | 72.0 | 50.5 |
   Above high school | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 5.1 | 2.2 |
Landholdings | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   No land | 24.3 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 3.7 |
   0.01-10 cents* | 53.4 | 42.4 | 25.3 | 3.8 | 24.4 |
   10.01-50 cents | 13.5 | 20.8 | 42.5 | 19.1 | 26.8 |
   50.01-100 cents | 7.4 | 14.2 | 17.1 | 22.9 | 17.5 |
   > 100 cents | 1.4 | 20.5 | 15.1 | 52.9 | 27.7 |
Occupation | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Independent cultivator | 2.7 | 27.0 | 30.1 | 60.5 | 36.9 |
   Wage labourer | 92.6 | 61.1 | 52.1 | 19.1 | 47.1 |
   Govt/private service | 0.0 | 5.4 | 6.2 | 11.5 | 7.1 |
   Others | 4.7 | 6.5 | 11.6 | 8.9 | 8.9 |
Mean per capita consumption expenditure [95% CI] | 5083 [4465,5701] | 6638 [6048,7229] | 6668 [6083,7253] | 8485 [7855,9115] | 7109 [6771,7448] |
Mean household size [95% CI] | 5.7 [5.2,6.1] | 5.0 [4.6,5.4] | 5.8 [5.4,6.2] | 5.0 [4.7,5.2] | 5.3 [5.2,5.5] |
Households with elderly member (%) | 33.1 | 32.7 | 39.7 | 46.5 | 40.0 |
Households with chronically ill member (%) | 28.4 | 61.9 | 62.3 | 66.9 | 59.9 |
Level of health care need (column-wise % distribution) | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
   Low | 49 | 26 | 29 | 27 | 30 |
   High | 43 | 67 | 59 | 47 | 54 |
   Very high | 8 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 16 |
Share of private sector (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
   Total OP visits | 30.8 | 52.8 | 66.3 | 71.7 | 65.1 |
   Total hospitalisations | 31.8 | 70.2 | 80.6 | 80.2 | 77.1 |