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Table 3 Monthly Per Capita Consumption Expenditure, Health Expenditure as Percentage of Consumption Expenditure, Frequency of Illness of Household Members and Affordability of Health Services among the Multidimensionally Poor and the Multidimensionally Non-Poor Households in a Sample Population of India, Nepal and Myanmar, 2011-13

From: Multidimensional poverty and catastrophic health spending in the mountainous regions of Myanmar, Nepal and India

Variable

India

  

Nepal

  

Myanmar

  
 

Multidimensionally poor

Multidimensionally non-poor

All

Multidimensionally poor

Multidimensionally non-poor

All

Multidimensionally poor

Multidimensionally non-poor

All

Monthly per capita Consumption Expenditure (MPCE) in US$

14.37

21.92

19.32

21.18

26.55

24.38

22.27

32.76

26.62

Monthly per capita health expenditure in US$

2.02

3.32

2.88

3.14

3.69

3.47

2.35

3.42

2.79

Monthly per capita health expenditure as percentage of MPCE

14.84

13.91

14.23

10.55

10.44

10.49

10.55

10.44

10.49

Frequency of illness of any household member during the 12 months preceding the survey

 Never/once/twice a year

56.08

66.93

63.20

75.42

78.03

76.98

91.80

92.38

92.03

 Once or more than once in a month

43.92

33.07

36.80

24.58

21.97

23.02

8.20

7.63

7.96

Affordability of professional treatment

 Cannot afford

61.75

46.64

51.83

59.79

44.36

50.60

17.66

7.93

13.62

 Can afford with difficulty

31.46

35.32

33.99

20.76

17.35

18.73

41.14

28.07

35.72

 Can afford

6.79

18.05

14.18

19.45

38.28

30.68

41.20

64.00

50.67

Shocks/Problems faced by household members during the 12 months preceding the survey

 Family Sickness

68.12

57.89

61.41

49.78

41.14

44.63

50.25

52.47

51.17

 Death of Household Members

4.97

4.24

4.62

5.01

4.36

4.49

2.65

2.56

2.64

 Number of Households

854

1793

2647

960

1350

2310

2514

1776

4290