Research Article
Out-of-Pocket Costs of Asthma Follow-Up Care in Adults in a Sub-Saharan African Country
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents (
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| Variables | (%) |
| Age (years) | | 40 or less | 58 (53) | More than 40 | 52 (47) | Gender | | Female | 56 (51) | Male | 54 (49) | Residence | | Rural | 16 (15) | Urban | 94 (85) | Formally educated (≥6 years of education) | | Yes | 82 (75) | No | 28 (25) | Marital status | | Married | 62 (56) | Single | 48 (44) | Patient/head of household occupation | | Farmer | 10 (9) | Petty trading | 10 (9) | Government worker | 34 (31) | Employed in private sector | 12 (11) | Big business | 8 (7) | Self-employed professional | 10 (9) | Other | 26 (24) |
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