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Table 2 Household Respondents' socio-economic and demographic characteristics

From: Willingness to pay for rapid diagnostic tests for the diagnosis and treatment of malaria in southeast Nigeria: ex post and ex ante

 

Urban

N = 576

Rural

N = 555

Combined

N = 1131

Respondent' status

   

Female head of household: n %

22 (3.8)

119 (21.4)

141 (12.5)

Male head of household: n %

16 (2.8)

48 (8.6)

64 (5.7)

Wife: n %

442 (76.7)

349 (62.9)

791 (69.9)

Grandmother: n %

13 (2.2)

6 (1.1)

19 (1.7)

Representative of household: n %

83 (14.4)

33 (5.9)

116 (10.3)

Whether married: n %

498 (86.5)

498 (89.7)

996 (88.1)

People in the household: Mean (SD):

5.5 (3.9)

4.7 (2.4)

5.2 (3.3)

Age of respondent (years): Mean (SD)

36.4 (11.3)

40.2 (14.5)

38.2 (13.1)

Sex of respondents

   

Females: n %

541 (93.9)

515 (92.8)

1056 (93.4)

Males: n %

35 (6.1)

40 (7.2)

75 (6.6)

Years of education: Mean (SD)

10.7 (3.7)

7.1 (5.7)

8.9 (5.1)

Occupation: n %

   

Farmer

21 (3.6)

190 (34.2)

211 (18.7)

Unemployed

86 (14.9)

66 (11.9)

152 (13.4)

Petty trading

261 (45.3)

103 (18.6)

364 (32.2)

   Civil servant

96 (16.7)

68 (12.3)

164 (14.5)

Private employment

20 (3.5)

19 (3.4)

39 (3.4)

Big business man/woman

19 (3.3)

36 (6.5)

55 (4.9)

Self employed

44 (7.6)

59 (10.6)

103 (9.1)

Others

15 (2.6)

20 (3.6)

35 (3.1)

SES quartiles

   

Q1 (most poor): n %

222 (38.5)

61 (11.0)

283 (25)

Q2 (very poor): n %

78 (13.5)

204 (36.8)

282 (24.9)

Q3 (poor): n %

152 (26.4)

131 (23.6)

283 (25.0)

Q4 Least poor): n %

124 (21.6)

159 (28.6)

283 (25.0)