Table 2

Percentage of households who received some form of assistance from the government at least once between March 2020 and January 2021, by household location

All householdsRuralUrban
VariablesNo. of households surveyed (unweighted)Equivalent no. of households in the population (in millions) (weighted)% of households who received government assistance at least once (weighted)No. of households surveyed (unweighted)Equivalent no. of households in the population (in millions) (weighted)% of households who received government assistance at least once (weighted)No. of households surveyed (unweighted)Equivalent no. of households in the population (in millions) (weighted)% of households who received government assistance at least once (weighted)
Total324719.814.097713.316.022706.59.9
Location
Rural97713.316.0
Urban22706.59.9
Gender of the household head
Female9964.823.82172.529.97792.216.9
Male225115.010.876010.712.714914.36.2
Education status of the household head
Did not attend school9789.916.95267.916.94521.917.1
Attended school22689.911.04505.314.618184.66.8
Economic status of the household
Poor6598.218.84156.919.72441.313.9
Non-poor258811.610.65626.411.920265.38.9
  • Analytical weights are applied to the number of households surveyed to obtain an equivalent number of households in the population .