Table 10 Percentage distribution of risk preferences (RP4 and RP2) by socioeconomic status (total household expenditures)
From: The role of risk preferences: voluntary health insurance in rural Tanzania
Socioeconomic status (wealth quintiles) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Poorest | Poor | Average | Wealthy | Wealthiest | Total | p-value | |
Risk Preferences (RP4) | |||||||
Weak | 15.2 | 13.2 | 15.2 | 13.2 | 13.9 | 14.1 | |
Moderate | 9.7 | 6.3 | 7.6 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 6.7 | |
Medium | 11.0 | 12.5 | 11.0 | 11.8 | 7.6 | 10.8 | 0.87 |
Strong | 64.1 | 68.1 | 66.2 | 70.1 | 73.6 | 68.4 | |
Risk preferences (RP2) | |||||||
Low | 24.8 | 19.4 | 22.8 | 18.1 | 18.8 | 20.8 | 0.57 |
High | 75.2 | 80.6 | 77.2 | 81.3 | 81.3 | 79.2 | |