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Table 3 Definition of socioeconomic status (SES) quintiles, and number of sampled facilities falling into each quintile

From: Analyzing the equity of public primary care provision in Kenya: variation in facility characteristics by local poverty level

SES quintiles

Number of facilities1

Percent of households above the poverty line cut-offs

Range (min-max)

Mean

Poorest 20%

68

17.8-36.9

31.1

2nd quintile

65

37.0-43.9

39.9

3rd quintile

30

44.0-51.0

47.6

4th quintile

38

51.1-61.0

56.4

Least poor 20%

47

61.7-92.1

71.5

  1. 1 The number of facilities per quintile is not equal as sampling weights were used in calculating the quintile cut-offs.