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Table 3 Descriptive statistics of variables included in the income equation

From: Equity in the public social healthcare protection in Tanzania: does it matter on household healthcare financing?

Variable name

Mean

Std Deviation

Minimum

Maximum

T test

Household size

6.3854

2.8616

1

38

2.674**

Years of experience

9.4838

8.0037

1

35

3.451**

Distance to facility

5.3802

3.65882

0.2

28.5

1.052

Out of pocket expenditure

996,893

2343936

38800

10,500,000

8.250***

Years of schooling

7.8946

4.3189

0

21

4.113**

Age

47.594

15.7342

19

102

-0.351

User fee

160,660

148,132

14,600

4,614,256

9.305***

Total Health expenditure

455,000.1

1,211,302

4,325

31,500,320

1.021

Dependency ratio

6.4051

4.6721

0.652

28.672

-4.251***

Household income

936,540

2331422

45000

154,005,420

4.563**

  1. *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1