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Table 3 Self-reported illness, health seeking behavior and consumption of surveyed households across their consumption quintiles 2018/19

From: Catastrophic and impoverishing out-of-pocket health expenditure in Ethiopia: evidence from the Ethiopia socioeconomic survey

Consumption quintile

Self-reported illness of at least one member in the household (%)

Health seeking behavior of at least one member in the household (%)

Mean total consumption per adult equivalent (ETB)

Mean OOP per adult equivalent (ETB)

Share of OOP payments to total consumption %

1

421 (40.2%)

387 (36.9%)

5036.39

84.76

1.86%

2

417 (39.6%)

396 (37.6%)

9074.56

105.31

1.20%

3

478 (40.2%)

449 (37.8%)

13,235.26

98.28

0.77%

4

611 (41.4%)

577 (39.1%)

19,582.7

138.46

0.72%

5

800 (39.9%)

724 (36.2%)

44,250.13

179.57

0.46%