Year | Rural | Urban | Difference |
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Mean | Std. Err | Mean | Std. Err |
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2005 | 190.24 | (10.3) | 286.88 | (22.9) | -96.63** |
2010 | 280.78 | (24.7) | 271.35 | (21.5) | 9.43 |
2016 | 370.18 | (10.8) | 412.72 | (21.3) | -42.54 |
- OOP expenditures are adjusted for inflation using the consumer price index (CPI) and converted to US dollars based on the 2016 average exchange rate (USD 1 = BDT 78.468); Difference = Rural OOP expenditure—Urban OOP expenditure; Std. Err. = standard error; Equality of mean OOP expenses are tested using adjusted Wald test
- * p ≤ 0.05
- ** p ≤ 0.01