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Table 1 Summary of analysis variables

From: Effect of health shocks on the absenteeism magnitude at work in Togo: is health insurance a mitigating factor?

Variables

Measurement

Modalities

Health shocks

Occurrence of shock

 
 

whether the household have been negatively affected by a disease shock in the 12 months preceding the survey

No

Yes

Absenteeism

Absent due to illness

 
 

Did the health shocks faced prevented from going to work?

No

Yes

 

Extent of absence from work/ how long it lasted

 
 

Number of days absent due to illness

No absence

Less than a week

More than a week

Gender of head of household (HH)

 

whether the head of household is male or female

Masculin

Feminine

Place of residence

 

The place where the members of the household reside

Urban

Rural

Health insurance for the head of household

 

Head of household covered by health insurance

No

Yes

Region

 

The region where the members of the household reside

Maritime

Plateaux

Central

Kara

Savanes

Lomé commune

HH Professional Category

 

The type of occupation of the head of household

Frame

Worker/laborer

Own account

HH level of education

 

Head of household education level

None

Primary

Secondaire1

Secondaire2

  

Upper

Type of care

 

The type of care that households have access to

No care

Public care

Private care

Number of children under 5 in the household

The total number of children under 5 years old in each household

 

Number of people with chronic illness in the household

The number of household members suffering from chronic illness

 

Household size

The total number of household members

 
  1. Source: Author from EHCVM 2019