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Table 7 Result of logistic regression analyses showing significant predictors of catastrophic health spending and impoverishment in India

From: Addressing data and methodological limitations in estimating catastrophic health spending and impoverishment in India, 2004–18

Variables

CHE

IMP

 

OR

95% CI

p-value

OR

95% CI

p-value

Place of residence

 Rural (R)

1

  

1

  

 Urban

0.37

0.35–0.39

0.00

0.31

0.29–0.34

0.00

MPCE Quintile

 Poorest (R)

1

  

1

  

 Poorer

0.54

0.50–0.58

0.00

0.50

0.46–0.55

0.00

 Middle

0.40

0.37–0.43

0.00

0.37

0.33–0.4

0.00

 Richer

0.34

0.32–0.37

0.00

0.28

0.25–0.31

0.00

 Richest

0.22

0.21–0.24

0.00

0.16

0.15–0.18

0.00

Household Size

 1–4 (R)

1

  

1

  

 5–7

0.61

0.58–0.65

0.00

0.53

0.50–0.57

0.00

 8+

0.40

0.38–0.43

0.00

0.33

0.30–0.36

0.00

Any elderly member in household

 No elderly member in the household (R)

      

 Any elderly member in the household

1.20

1.12–1.28

0.00

1.14

1.04–1.25

0.01

Main employment of household

 Labourer Household (R)

1

  

1

  

 Wage/salary

0.94

0.86–1.04

0.22

1.04

0.91–1.2

0.55

 Self Employed

1.11

1.05–1.17

0.00

1.08

1.01–1.16

0.04

 Others

1.35

1.24–1.46

0.00

1.50

1.35–1.67

0.00

Age of head of household

 Lt 30 (R)

      

 30–44

1.22

1.14–1.32

0.00

1.22

1.10–1.35

0.00

 45–59

1.44

1.34–1.55

0.00

1.44

1.30–1.59

0.00

 60+

1.56

1.42–1.72

0.00

1.60

1.41–1.83

0.00

Sex of the head of household

 Male (R)

1

  

1

  

 Female

1.14

1.06–1.23

0.00

1.20

0.15–1.33

0.00

Educational level of household

 No education of head of household (R)

1

  

1

  

 Up to Primary

1.03

0.98–1.09

0.26

1.03

0.95–1.11

0.47

 Middle/Secondary

1.19

1.12–1.27

0.00

1.16

1.07–1.26

0.00

 Higher secondary

1.28

1.17–1.39

0.00

1.20

1.06–1.34

0.00

Religion

 Hindus (R)

1

  

1

  

 Muslim

1.05

0.98–1.12

0.16

1.04

0.95–1.14

0.41

 Christian

0.81

0.72–0.92

0.00

0.99

0.83–1.19

0.95

 Sikh

1.11

0.94–1.33

0.23

1.20

0.93–1.54

0.17

 Ohers

1.00

0.85–1.18

0.99

0.91

0.72–1.16

0.46

Inpatient and outpatient care

 Availed inpatient care only

1

 

1

1

  

 Availed outpatient care only

1.33

1.25–1.4

0.00

1.28

1.18–1.39

0.00

 Availed both inpatient and outpatient care

2.80

2.66–2.95

0.00

3.12

2.91–3.34

0.00

Insurance coverage

 No (R)

1

  

1

  

 Yes

0.89

0.76–1.03

0.11

0.93

0.74–1.17

0.55

Time

 2004 (R)

1

  

1

  

 2014

0.80

0.71–0.91

0.00

0.67

0.57–0.80

0.00

 2018

0.56

0.50–0.63

0.00

0.41

0.63–0.49

0.00

Interaction between Time and MPCE Quintile

 2014*Poorer

0.89

0.81–0.99

0.03

0.90

0.79–1.02

0.10

 2018*Poorer

0.83

0.76–0.92

0.00

0.82

0.73–0.93

0.00

 2014*Middle

0.90

0.81–0.99

0.03

0.82

0.72–0.94

0.00

 2018*Middle

0.82

0.74–0.9

0.00

0.75

0.66–0.85

0.00

 2014*Richer

0.80

0.72–0.88

0.00

0.71

0.62–0.81

0.00

 2018*Richer

0.66

0.60–0.73

0.00

0.72

0.63–0.82

0.00

 2014*Richest

1.01

0.90–1.13

0.87

0.91

0.78–1.06

0.21

 2018*Richest

0.71

0.65–0.79

0.00

0.76

0.66–0.88

0.00

Interaction of Time, Insurance and MPCE Quintile

 2014* Insurance*Poorer

1.10

0.93–1.32

0.27

1.04

0.83–1.31

0.72

 2018* Insurance*Poorer

1.03

0.89–1.2

0.66

0.98

0.80–1.2

0.82

 2014* Insurance*Middle

1.06

0.89–1.26

0.52

1.06

0.84–1.34

0.62

 2018* Insurance*Middle

0.94

0.82–1.09

0.43

0.95

0.78–1.16

0.61

 2014* Insurance*Richer

1.05

0.89–1.25

0.54

1.21

0.97–1.51

0.09

 2018* Insurance*Richer

1.06

0.92–1.22

0.45

0.91

0.74–1.11

0.34

 2014* Insurance*Richest

0.79

0.67–0.92

0.00

0.72

0.58–0.9

0.01

 2018* Insurance*Richest

0.84

0.74–0.96

0.01

0.74

0.62–0.9

0.00

 Puuedo R2

0.14

  

0.15