Living Standards Measurements Study - Serbia 2002 - 2007

6.2.6. Health care of PWDs
LSMS shows that PWDs use health care
services significantly more than the total population.
The majority of PWDs use public health services,
while only a small percentage use private health
services. Costs of using health services and
purchase of medicines are significantly higher for
PWDs (by approximately 50 to 100 percent) in
comparison to the total population, depending on
the type of service. Almost all PWDs have health
insurance (98.7 percent). Over three quarters of
PWDs receive health insurance through their
retirement scheme (76.6 percent), followed by 10.1
percent on the basis of employment and 6.3 percent
on the basis of unemployment.
6.2.7. Income and expenditure of
PWDs
In 2007, the average monthly household
income of PWDs was 41 434 dinars and was almost
the same in urban (41 343) and rural areas (41 549).
The average monthly income of poor PWDs
amounted to 19 981 dinars (48.2 percent lower than
the overall average). The average income for the
highest quintile was 2.5 times greater than for the
lowest quintile.
Over two thirds of the average household
income structure in 2007 was made up of salaries
and pensions (67.4 percent, whereby the proportion
of salaries was 35.1 percent and that of pensions
32.3 percent). This is followed by income from
imputed rent and durable goods (8.0 percent), the
estimated value of income in-kind (7.8 percent),
income from agriculture (7.2 percent), income from
social insurance (3.9 percent), money transfers from
abroad (3.3 percent) and other income sources (2.6
percent).
Pensions make up almost one third of the
income structure of poor PWD households (32.2
percent), while salaries make up slightly less than
one quarter (22.7 percent). In relation to the overall
average income for these households and those
above the poverty line, the estimated value of
income in-kind (13.7 percent), income from social
insurance (11.9 percent), as well as income from
agriculture (9.8 percent) make up a significantly
higher proportion of the overall income for
households of PWDs living below the poverty line.
Food (34.5 percent) and housing (19.3 percent)
make up the greatest proportion of the consumption
of households with PWDs. The Participation of
these costs among households below the poverty
line is significantly higher in comparison with the
average and with households above the poverty line.
The proportion of food expenditure within the total
expenditure of poor households amounted to 44.4
percent and housing (23.6 percent).
The proportion of food expenditure in the total
household expenditure decreases by quintiles, while
the proportion of expenditure for transport
increases, as does that of all non-production services
– communication, recreation, education ad health.
This indicates that the quality of the standard of life
of households with PWDs increases with an
increase in income and subsequent increase in
expenditure.
Table 6.9. PWD households and receipt of social benefits
Social benefit
Total
Settlement Above the Below the Consumption quintiles
Urban Rural poverty line poverty line 1 2 3 4 5
Attendance and assistance
allowance
11.5 10.7 12.5 11.1 16.3 15.0 13.0 8.5 10.1 8.5
Veteran and veteran disability
allowance
1.1 1.0 1.2 1.1 0.6 0.7 1.0 1.6 1.2 1.3
Allowance for civilian victims of
war
0.1 0.3 0.1 0.5
Financial family support (MOP) 2.2 2.2 2.2 1.8 6.9 4.3 1.7 2.6 0.7 0.6
Humanitarian assistance 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.7
One-off municipal cash subsidy 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2
Child allowance 6.8 5.8 8.0 6.0 15.0 10.4 7.0 7.7 4.8 1.5
Parents allowance 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.4
Alimony 0.6 0.8 0.3 0.5 1.5 0.5 0.6 2.2
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