Inequity in costs of seeking sexual and reproductive health services in India and Kenya

Table 3 Cost of seeking care for the female SRH users^a

	India (Rs) (n = 140)	Kenya (Kshs) (n = 41)
Monthly household income^{b, c}
Mean (SD)	5167 (2674)	19582 (17609)
Median	5000	12000
Range	1000–20000	1500–80000
Seeking care costs
Mean (SD)	57 (46)	82(104)
Median	40	30
Range	5–250	20–400
Mean spending in each income quintile
Most poor	48.55	108.33
Very poor	53.30	55.56
Poor	56.86	53.33
Less poor	52.06	98.18
Least poor	78.50	94.29
Spending % of income
Mean (SD)	1.3 % (1.1 %)	0.6 % (1.3 %)
Median	1 %	0.20 %
Range	0.1–6 %	0.03–8 %

^aSpending for India is only included transportation costs and for Kenya is only included payments for SRH services
^bMonthly household income is not adjusted for household size
^cOne US Dollar in 2012 was on average equal to 53.44 Indian rupees and 84.53 Kenyan Shilling

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