Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of households
From: Assessing medical impoverishment and associated factors in health care in Ethiopia
| Â | Weighted percentage/ average |
|---|---|
Sex of the household head | |
 Male | 75.09 |
 Female | 24.91 |
Education level of the household head | |
 Primary | 22.76 |
 Secondary | 4.67 |
 Tertiary | 2.14 |
 Informal education/Illiterate | 71.24 |
Marital status of the household head | |
 Married | 73.97 |
 Never married | 6.31 |
 Other | 19.72 |
Employment status of the household head | |
 Employed | 91.17 |
 Unpaid work/unemployed | 8.83 |
Place of residence of the household | |
 Urban | 21.45 |
 Rural | 78.55 |
 Age of household head | 42.00 |
 Household size | 5.00 |
 Out-of-pocket payment per capita (in Birr) | 431.00 |
 Household total consumption expenditure per capita (in Birr) | 30,088.00 |