Does spending matters? Re-looking into various covariates associated with Out of Pocket Expenditure (OOPE) and catastrophic spending on accidental injury from NSSO 71st round data

Table 6 Prevalence of accidental injury by selected socio-economic and demographic profile, India, 2014

Co-variates	N (Persons with Accidental Injury)	N (Overall member profile)	% (Accidental Injury)
Age
Less than 15	482	98,858	0.49
15–29	985	94,021	1.05
30–59	1934	114,223	1.69
60+	654	28,397	2.30
Sex
Male	2973	170,195	1.75
Female	1082	165,304	0.65
Education level
Illiterate	941	102,994	0.91
Up to primary	1011	93,847	1.08
Up to secondary	1509	106,857	1.41
Graduation and above	449	29,399	1.53
Residence
Rural	2264	190,904	1.19
Urban	1791	144,595	1.24
Caste
SC/ST	1111	99,306	1.12
Other Backward Classes (OBC)	1595	134,504	1.19
Others	1349	101,689	1.33
Religion
Hindu	3227	253,816	1.27
Muslim	493	50,525	0.98
Others	335	31,158	1.08
Household size
1–3 member	853	38,094	2.24
4–6 members	2335	180,736	1.29
7 + members	867	116,669	0.74
Wealth quintile
Poorest	608	83,223	0.73
Poorer	845	51,073	1.65
Middle	788	71,355	1.10
Richer	935	63,951	1.46
Richest	879	65,861	1.33
Insurance coverage
Not covered	3098	282,868	1.09
Covered	812	50,234	1.61
Survival status
Alive	3910	333,104	1.17
Dead	145	2395	6.05
Region
North	628	53,115	1.18
Northeast	312	41,174	0.75
East	697	60,753	1.14
Central	909	72,793	1.24
West	531	44,725	1.19
South	978	62,939	1.55
Total	4055	335,499	1.21

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