| Predictor | Details for Each Categorical Variable |
|---|---|
| Region | Note: Region of household 1. Bangkok Metropolis (6.15%, 5.69%, 6.21%, 5.84%)a, 2. Central (excluding Bangkok) (24.76%, 28.85%, 29.37%, 29,21%), 3. North (25.01%, 24.93%, 24.35%, 24.59%), 4. Northeast (26.38%, 26.40%, 25.66%, 25.92%), 5. South (13.74%, 14.13%, 14.41%, 14.44%) |
| Area | Note: Area of household 1. Municipal area (62.20%, 61.54%, 61.69%, 61.13%), 2. Non-municipal area (37.80%, 38.46%, 38.31%, 38.87%) |
| Number of household members | Note: Number of members in household (Mean = 3.26, 3.22, 3.18, 3.04)b |
| Income | Note: Average total monthly income per household (Thai Baht) (Mean =19754, 20160, 22388, 24290) |
| Sex | Note: Sex of head of householdc 1. Male (66.96%, 66.58%, 64.84%, 63.63%), 2. Female (33.04%, 33.42%, 35.16%, 36.37%) |
| Marital status | Note: Marital status of head of household 1. Single (9.10%, 8.82%, 8.88%, 9.62%), 2. Married (69.94%, 69.76%, 68.45%, 66.64%), 3. Widowed (15.19%, 15.82%, 16.61%, 17.41%), 4. Other (5.77%, 5.60%, 6.06%, 6.33%) |
| Religion | Note: Religion of head of household 1. Buddhist (95.10%, 94.78%, 94.92%, 94.95%), 2. Islamic (4.14%, 4.43%, 4.33%, 4.51%), 3. Christian and other (0.76%, 0.79%, 0.75%, 0.54%) |
| Disability | Note: Whether head of household is disabled 0. No (97.46%, 97.23%, 97.50%, 97.31%), 1. Yes (2.54%, 2.77%, 2.50%, 2.69%) |
| Welfare | Note: Whether head of household receives welfare or medical services 0. No (3.04%, 2.73%, 2.03%, 1.61%), 1. Yes (96.95%, 97.27%, 97.97%, 98.39%) |
| Gambling expenditure | Note: Average monthly expenditure on lottery tickets and other kinds of gambling per household (Thai Baht) (Mean = 137.0, 120.8, 160.5, 182.8) |
| Tobacco expenditure | Note: Average monthly expenditure on tobacco products per household (Thai Baht) (Mean = 131.11, 97.31, 112.2, 85.8) |
| Amount debt | Note: Total debt at end of previous month (Mean = 154999, 149915, 154995, 159082) |
| Government fund | Note: Whether head of household borrowed money from a government fund 0. No (80.31%, 81.94%, 84.11%, 85.16%), 1. Yes (19.69%, 18.06%, 15.89%, 14.84%) |
| Education | Note: Educational level of head of household 1. Missing values (6.15%, 5.98%, 5.78%, 5.59%), 2. Primary (58.44%, 59.08%, 58.15%, 58.42%), 3. Lower secondary (10.20%, 10.11%, 9.98%, 10.09%), 4. Upper secondary (10.46%, 10.01%, 10.69%, 10.31%), 5. Post-secondary (3.56%, 3.63%, 3.69%, 3.59%), 6. Bachelor’s degree (9.86%, 9.79%, 10.02%, 10.20%), 7. Master’s degree (1.14%, 1.24%, 1.53%, 1.54%), 8. Doctoral degree (0.06%, 0.03%, 0.05%, 0.07%), 9. Other (0.13%, 0.13%, 0.12%, 0.19%) |
| Work status | Note: Work status of head of household 1. Employer (8.02%, 6.67%, 6.31%, 4.61%), 2. Own-account worker (35.94%, 37.02%, 36.88%, 36.90%), 3. Contributing family worker (2.10%, 2.24%, 2.33%, 2.03%), 4. Government employee (11.37%, 11.33%, 10.68%, 10.33%), 5. State enterprise employee (0.97%, 0.95%, 0.98%, 0.79%), 6. Private company employee (21.93%, 21.16%, 21.47%, 21.63%), 7. Member of producers’ cooperative (0.03%, 0.04%, 0.03%, 0.03%), 8. Housewife (4.09%, 4.20%, 4.26%, 4.58%), 9. Student (0.74%, 0.71%, 0.72%, 0.73%), 10. Child or elderly person (10.90%, 11.39%, 12.24%, 13.82%), 11. Ill or disabled person (1.32%, 1.47%, 1.36%, 1.52%), 12. Looking for a job (0.08%, 0.11%, 0.10%, 0.09%), 13. Unemployed (0.53%, 0.53%, 0.39%, 0.44%), 14. Other (1.89%, 2.12%, 2.22%, 2.48%) |
| Proportion of tobacco expenditure | Note: Proportion of monthly expenditure on tobacco products per household by total monthly expenditure (Mean = 0.0134, 0.0073, 0.0077, 0.0057) |
| Proportion of gambling expenditure | Note: Proportion of monthly expenditure on lottery tickets and other kinds of gambling by total monthly expenditure (Mean = 0.0139, 0.0078, 0.0096, 0.0103) |