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Table 5 Determinants of Catastrophic Health Spending in India, Nepal and Myanmar, 2011-13

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

 

Model 1 (Combined)

Model 2: India

 

Model 3: Nepal

Model 4: Myanmar

 

Odds Ratio

95% CI

Odds Ratio

95% CI

Odds Ratio

95% CI

Odds Ratio

95% CI

Multidimensionally non-poor (R)

 Multidimensionally poor

1.54***

1.35-1.76

1.76***

1.17-2.04

0.93

0.70-1.23

1.80***

1.50-2.18

Age (<31- R)

 31-45

0.76***

0.64-0.90

0.9

0.51

0.53***

0.35-0.81

0.81

0.65-1.01

 46-60

0.85*

0.72-1.01

1.01

0.5

0.65*

0.43-1.00

0.97

0.77-1.21

 61-98

1.09

0.89

1.33

0.74

0.84

0.53-1.35

1.19

0.90-1.57

Sex of the Head of the Household (male- R)

 Female

1.09

0.95

1.24

0.81

1.11

0.78-1.60

1.07

0.92-1.26

Marital Status of the Head of the Household (Currently married- R)

 Others

1.21**

1.03-1.43

1.43

0.56

0.96

0.63-1.45

1.36***

1.11-1.65

Educational level of the Head of the Household (11–15 Years of schooling reference)

 Illiterate

0.83**

0.69-0.99

0.99

0.75

1.57*

0.99-2.0

0.60***

0.47-0.77

 Less than 5

0.75***

0.62-0.91

0.91

0.54

1.1

0.69-1.74

0.63***

0.47-0.83

 5-7

1

0.84

1.21

0.65

1.42

0.87-2.32

0.84

0.65-1.09

 8-10

0.77

0.63

0.94

0.6

1.43

0.87-2.33

0.56***

0.39-0.79

Residence (Urban-Reference)

 Rural

1.40***

1.19-1.63

1.63***

1.24-2.42

1.62

1.11-2.35

1.26**

1.03-1.55

Illness of a member of the household at least once a month (None-Reference)

 At least a member of the household was sick

2.12***

1.88-2.39

2.39***

1.95-2.98

1.09

0.84-1.41

2.51***

2.09-3.00

Death of a member in the family in the year preceding the survey (None-Reference)

 Household experience death of one or more member

7.65***

5.85-10.01

10.01***

5.02-13.82

5.94***

3.54-9.97

8.81***

5.81-13.37

Sickness of a member reported as major shock (None-Reference)

 Household experienced health shock

7.44***

6.53-8.47

8.47***

10.62-18.91

7.32***

5.49-9.75

5.64***

4.73-6.72

Country (Nepal-R)

 India

2.20***

1.89-2.57

2.57

     

 Myanmar

1.65***

1.42-1.92

1.92

     

 Constant

0.04***

0.03-0.05

0.05***

0.02-0.07

0.04***

0.02-0.08

0.08***

0.06-0.11

  1. **** p <0.001 ** p < .01 * p < 0.1
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