Table 1 Characteristics of households and estimation of the OOPPE (USD) among elderly households
Variable | Frequency | Percent | OOPPE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | |||
Household head gender | ||||
 Female | 2611 | 27.83 | 3.979 | 8.809 |
 Male | 6770 | 72.18 | 6.072 | 12.764 |
Household head age | ||||
 18–34 | 135 | 1.44 | 5.990 | 16.460 |
 35–51 | 494 | 5.27 | 7.082 | 20.025 |
 52–68 | 2630 | 28.03 | 5.764 | 11.395 |
 69–85 | 5423 | 57 | 5.312 | 11.114 |
 86 > | 700 | 7.46 | 4.619 | 9.761 |
Living sector | ||||
 Urban | 4315 | 46 | 6.443 | 13.356 |
 Rural | 5066 | 54 | 4.677 | 10.295 |
Household head marital status | ||||
 Single | 99 | 1.06 | 5.793 | 13.561 |
 Divorced | 94 | 1 | 4.745 | 7.599 |
 Widowed | 2947 | 31.41 | 3.752 | 7.115 |
 Married | 6241 | 66.53 | 6.317 | 13.444 |
Household head educational status | ||||
 Illiterate | 5542 | 59.08 | 4.371 | 8.228 |
 Primary school | 2679 | 28.08 | 6.753 | 15.266 |
 Secondary school | 598 | 6.37 | 8.569 | 18.666 |
 College and above | 562 | 5.99 | 7.222 | 12.516 |
Household job status | ||||
 Housekeeper | 482 | 5.14 | 5.878 | 17.802 |
 Unemployed | 73 | 0.78 | 6.187 | 8.843 |
 Employed | 8826 | 94.08 | 5.463 | 11.443 |
Ownership | ||||
 Free | 490 | 5.22 | 3.834 | 6.838 |
 Tenant | 349 | 3.72 | 6.995 | 12.010 |
 Owner | 8542 | 91.06 | 5.523 | 12.042 |