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Table 2 Summary of descriptive statistics

From: Health shocks in Sub-Saharan Africa: are the poor and uninsured households more vulnerable?

Demographic and sanitary characteristics

Burkina-Faso (%)

Niger (%)

Togo (%)

Proportion of sick individual per household

47.08

23.40

60.57

Proportion of household access to health insurance

0.13

 

6.24

Location

 Urban

36.63

34.13

63.76

 Rural

63.37

65.87

36.24

Head Education

 None

78.34

79.36

30.32

 Primary

10.90

10.36

26.77

 Secondary

7.39

8.20

42.15

 High school

2.38

2.09

0.75

Head Age

 15–29

9.33

7.08

14.42

 30–49

34.38

42.85

46.29

 50–64

30.00

33.38

23.90

 65 -

26.30

16.69

15.39

Head gender

 Male

76.46

74.89

66.99

 Female

23.54

25.11

33.01

Household size

 1–3

18.19

12.40

35.70

 4–6

34.80

45.06

40.22

 7–9

23.64

27.47

16.24

 10 –

23.36

15.08

7.35

Access to safe drinking water

 Yes

73.07

52.76

62.80

 No

26.93

47.24

37.20

Access to sanitation facilities

 Yes

40.26

25.67

60.22

 No

59.74

74.33

39.78

Number of household

1597

1342

930