Table 3 Incidence and intensity of catastrophic health expenditure (using budget share approach) with and without adjusting consumption expenditure in India, 2014.

From: Assessing the impact of measurement error in household consumption on estimates of catastrophic health expenditure in India

Variables

Incidence of CHE (%)

Ratio of unadjusted to adjusted estimates

Intensity of CHE (%)

Ratio of unadjusted to adjusted estimates

Unadjusted

Adjusted

Unadjusted

Adjusted

MPCE quintile

Poorest

25.0

21.9

1.14

50.0

40.4

1.24

Poorer

23.8

20.6

1.16

39.8

31.7

1.26

Middle

24.3

21.1

1.15

34.8

27.1

1.28

Richer

25.8

22.0

1.17

35.3

28.4

1.24

Richest

22.6

19.7

1.15

34.9

27.5

1.27

Place of residence

Rural

24.7

21.4

1.15

40.8

32.4

1.26

Urban

23.8

20.6

1.16

36.7

29.6

1.24

Age of the head of household

Below 35

20.5

17.7

1.16

33.2

26.6

1.25

35–44

20.3

17.6

1.15

36.5

29.0

1.26

45 and above

27.8

24.1

1.15

42.0

33.5

1.25

Sex of the head of household

Male

24.1

20.8

1.16

38.5

30.8

1.25

Female

26.6

23.6

1.13

46.0

36.0

1.28

Education of the head of household

No education

23.5

20.7

1.13

43.4

34.1

1.27

Primary

26.66

23.1

1.15

35.8

28.1

1.27

Middle/Secondary

25.2

21.6

1.17

40.7

33.3

1.22

Higher secondary and above

21.6

18.5

1.16

35.7

28.8

1.24

Household Size

1—4

21.9

19.2

1.14

44.5

35.1

1.27

5—7

26.5

22.6

1.17

35.4

28.6

1.24

8+

31.7

27.4

1.16

32.0

25.4

1.26

Religion

Hindu

23.6

20.4

1.16

39.8

31.9

1.25

Muslim

27.5

24.4

1.13

38.9

30.5

1.28

Others

31.1

27.0

1.15

37.1

28.4

1.30

Caste

SC/ST

21.6

18.6

1.16

40.7

32.5

1.25

OBC

24.7

21.3

1.16

40.4

32.3

1.25

Others

26.6

23.3

1.14

37.4

29.6

1.26

Total

24.4

21.1

1.15

39.5

31.5

1.25

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