The Determinants Out-of-Pocket Healthcare Expenditure in Bangladesh: Evidence from Household Income and Expenditure Survey-2010

2017 ◽  
pp. 339-350
Author(s):  
Rashidul Alam Mahumud ◽  
Abdur Razzaque Sarker ◽  
Marufa Sultana ◽  
Nurnabi Sheikh ◽  
Md. Nurul Islam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Household Income ◽  
Healthcare Expenditure ◽  
Expenditure Survey

Food Crop Production, Nutrient Availability, and Nutrient Intakes in Bangladesh: Exploring the Agriculture—Nutrition Nexus with the 2010 Household Income and Expenditure Survey

2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 487-508 ◽  
Author(s):  
John L. Fiedler
Keyword(s):  
Nutrient Availability ◽  
Household Income ◽  
Nutrient Intake ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Household Surveys ◽  
Food Crop ◽  
Available Energy ◽  
Expenditure Survey ◽  
Food Crop Production ◽  
Farming Households

Background Systematic collection of national agricultural data has been neglected in many low- and middle-income countries for the past 20 years. Commonly conducted nationally representative household surveys collect substantial quantities of highly underutilized food crop production data. Objective To demonstrate the potential usefulness of commonly available household survey databases for analyzing the agriculture—nutrition nexus. Methods Using household data from the 2010 Bangladesh Household Income and Expenditure Survey, the role and significance of crop selection, area planted, yield, nutrient production, and the disposition of 34 food crops in affecting the adequacy of farming households' nutrient availability and nutrient intake status are explored. The adequacy of each farming household's available energy, vitamin A, calcium, iron, and zinc and households' apparent intakes and intake adequacies are estimated. Each household's total apparent nutrient intake adequacies are estimated, taking into account the amount of each crop that households consume from their own production, together with food purchased or obtained from other sources. Results Even though rice contains relatively small amounts of micronutrients, has relatively low nutrient density, and is a relatively poor source of nutrients compared with what other crops can produce on a given tract of land, because so much rice is produced in Bangladesh, it is the source of 90% of the total available energy, 85% of the zinc, 67% of the calcium, and 55% of the iron produced by the agricultural sector. The domination of agriculture and diet by rice is a major constraint to improving nutrition in Bangladesh. Simple examples of how minor changes in the five most common cropping patterns could improve farming households' nutritional status are provided. Conclusions Household surveys' agricultural modules can provide a useful tool for better understanding national nutrient production realities and possibilities.

scholarly journals Improving Estimates of Inequality and Poverty from Urban China's Household Income and Expenditure Survey

2003 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Gibson ◽  
Jikun Huang ◽  
Scott Rozelle
Keyword(s):  
Household Income ◽  
Expenditure Survey

scholarly journals Potential Dietary Contributions From Rice and Wheat Flour Fortification in the Solomon Islands: Results From the 2012-2013 Household Income and Expenditure Survey

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beth Imhoff-Kunsch ◽  
Iju Shakya ◽  
Salome Aroma Diatalau Namohunu ◽  
Anna Pitaboe ◽  
Pierre Wong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wheat Flour ◽  
Household Income ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
Expenditure Survey

Demand for tobacco products in Bangladesh

2021 ◽  
pp. tobaccocontrol-2020-056297
Author(s):  
Nasiruddin Ahmed ◽  
Tanvir Ahmed Mozumder ◽  
Md. Tariq Hassan ◽  
Rumana Huque
Keyword(s):  
Tobacco Use ◽  
Price Elasticity ◽  
Household Income ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Tobacco Products ◽  
Price Elasticities ◽  
Elasticity Of Demand ◽  
Price Elasticity Of Demand ◽  
Expenditure Survey ◽  
Tobacco Tax

BackgroundTobacco tax increase is considered as one of the most effective means to reduce tobacco consumption and its consequences. An increase in taxes, which results in an increase in the price of tobacco products, reduces consumption. Historically, a number of studies estimated the responsiveness of quantity demanded to a change in price—the price elasticity of demand—of tobacco products in Bangladesh. However, the government’s stronger commitment to reducing tobacco use, rising standard of living, rapidly changing cultural norms due to globalisation, and the substantial fall in tobacco use seen in GATS 2017 necessitate an updated measure of price elasticity of tobacco use, which will allow for more accurate answers to questions of tobacco tax policy in the country. This study endeavours to fill this gap in the literature on demand for tobacco products in Bangladesh.ObjectiveTo estimate the price elasticity of demand for tobacco products, namely cigarettes, biris and smokeless tobacco (SLT) products with the 2016 household income and expenditure survey data in Bangladesh.MethodsWe used the Deaton model (1997) to estimate the price elasticities of demand for tobacco products using the Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) 2016 dataset of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. The HIES 2016 surveyed 46 076 households spread over 2304 primary sampling units across the country. We have calculated own price elasticities of demand for tobacco products by expenditure groups and by regions (rural and urban).ResultsThe estimates of own-price elasticity of demand for cigarette, biri and SLT products are −1.03, −1.34 and −0.30, respectively. The results show that rural households are more responsive to changes in the prices of cigarettes than urban households. Households with low expenditure are found to be more responsive to changes in the price of cigarettes than the households with high expenditure. This suggests that increases in cigarette prices at the lower end would effectively reduce cigarette consumption among the people having low expenditure and improve health equity.ConclusionsOur results suggest that the demand for smoking tobacco products is responsive to price changes. Therefore, substantial increase in the prices of tobacco products through taxation will result in significant reduction in tobacco use, particularly among the low expenditure households, while increasing government revenue.

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