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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of households and household heads, Bangladesh, 2011

From: Inequalities in financial risk protection in Bangladesh: an assessment of universal health coverage

Household characteristics

Frequency

Percentage

95% CI

Gender of household head

 Male

1447

90.5

88.6–92.1

 Female

146

9.5

7.9–11.4

Educational status of household head

 No education

258

17.1

13.9–20.8

 Primary

310

20.8

17.4–24.7

 Secondary

420

27.2

24.5–30.2

 Higher

605

34.9

29.2–41.1

Household member over 65 years

 Yes

136

8.5

7.0–10.2

 No

1457

91.6

89.8–93.1

Presence of illness in the last 30 days

 Yes

1501

93.7

91.4–95.3

 No

92

6.3

4.8–8.3

Member with chronic disease

 Yes

1148

71.5

67.4–75.2

 No

445

28.5

24.8–32.6

Utilization of health services

 Inpatient

65

4.3

3.21–5.6

 Outpatient public

253

16.1

13.6–18.9

 Outpatient private

385

22.8

19.7–26.2

 Outpatient public and private

105

6.3

4.7–8.4

 Self-medication/traditional healer

785

50.6

45.8–55.3

  1. CI confidence interval