Table 2 Summary statistics of variables of interest, Nigeria 2010
Notation | Variables of interest | Description | Mean | SDa | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HHs | Household size | Household size | 4.88 | 3.12 | 1 | 24 |
Sex | Sex: | Sex of the household head | ||||
Female | Female head dummy | 0.22 | 0.42 | 0 | 1 | |
Male | Male head dummy | 0.78 | 0.42 | 0 | 1 | |
Age | Age | Age of household head | 54.73 | 15.09 | 18.00 | 102.00 |
Age_fem | Age and Gender | Interaction term for age*gender | 13.17 | 25.7 | 0 | 95 |
Edu | Education of household head | 1: has attended school, 0 - otherwise | 0.72 | 0.45 | 0 | 1 |
Eldn1 | Proportion of households with >1 elderly member | 1: has >1 elderly, 0 otherwise | 0.52 | 0.50 | 0 | 1 |
Occu | Proportion of households that are self employed | 1: head of household is self-employed, 0 otherwise | 0.51 | 0.50 | 0 | 1 |
Phf | Proportion of households using private health facilities | 1: household uses private health facilities, 0 otherwise | 0.08 | 0.27 | 0 | 1 |
Bednet | Health promoting measure – bednets type: | Proportion of households using bednets | ||||
B1 | Untreated bednet | 1: yes, 0 otherwise | 0.07 | 0.26 | 0 | 1 |
B2 | Treated bednet use < 6 months | 1: yes, 0 otherwise | 0.19 | 0.39 | 0 | 1 |
B3 | Treated bednet use > 6 months | 1: yes, 0 otherwise | 0.06 | 0.23 | 0 | 1 |
B4 | No bednet | 1: none, 0 otherwise | 0.68 | 0.47 | 0 | 1 |
Hosp | At least one member has been hospitalised | 1: yes, 0 otherwise | 0.03 | 0.18 | 0 | 1 |
Selfdiff | At least one member has a self-care difficulty | 1: yes, 0 otherwise | 0.04 | 0.19 | 0 | 1 |
NHIS | Proportion of households without NHIS coverage | 1: yes, 0 otherwise | 0.60 | 0.49 | 0 | 1 |
Infs | Proportion of households with informal financing support | 1: yes, 0 otherwise | 0.40 | 0.49 | 0 | 1 |