Table 2 The average monthly household consumption expenditure, non-food expenditure and out of pocket (OOP) healthcare payments in 1000 VND and USD across expenditure quintiles
Expenditure | Region | p-value* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mekong Delta region (N = 1905) | Rest of Vietnam (N = 7494) | |||||
In 1000 VND | In USD | In 1000 VND | In USD | |||
Monthly consumption expenditure | Mean | 4900.4 | 235.3 | 6266.6 | 300.9 | 0.000 |
Median | 3911.3 | 187.8 | 5222.0 | 250.7 | Â | |
SD | 4593.3 | 220.5 | 5037.1 | 241.8 | Â | |
Monthly non-food expenditure | Mean | 870.3 | 41.8 | 836.4 | 40.2 | 0.075 |
Median | 710.0 | 34.1 | 645.0 | 31.0 | Â | |
SD | 720.2 | 34.6 | 747.4 | 35.9 | Â | |
Monthly OOP healthcare expenditure | Mean | 339.5 | 16.3 | 284.4 | 13.7 | 0.003 |
Median | 112.9 | 5.4 | 91.7 | 4.4 | Â | |
SD | 876.4 | 42.1 | 685.7 | 32.9 | Â | |