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  - finance
  - medical

Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures, expressed as a proportion of a relative poverty line (60% of median daily per capita consumption or income) (%)

Dataset Description

This dataset provides information on 'Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures, expressed as a proportion of a relative poverty line' for countries in the WHO African Region. The data is disaggregated by the 'Place of residence' dimension, allowing for analysis of health inequalities across different population subgroups.

Units: 60% of median daily per capita consumption or income

Dimensions and Subgroups

• Dimension: Place of residence
• Available Subgroups: Rural, Urban

Data Structure

The dataset is in a wide format.

• Index: Year (formatted as YYYY-01-01)
• Columns: Each column represents a specific country and subgroup, formatted as country-name_subgroup-name. For example, algeria_female.
• Values: The cell values represent the estimated measurement for that indicator, country, subgroup, and year.

This dataset is part of a larger collection of health inequality indicators processed from the WHO Health Inequality Data Repository.