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Table 6 Determinants of number of Frozen Cycles undertaken

From: A reduction in public funding for fertility treatment - an econometric analysis of access to treatment and savings to government

 

Base model and lag

With anticipatory behaviour and lag

    

all age

   

all age

Variable

Age ≤ 33

34 ≤ Age ≥ 39

Age ≥ 40

groups

Age ≤ 33

34 ≤ Age ≥ 39

Age ≥ 40

groups

EMSNCap effect

-90.14

-50.24*

-35.17

-59.55*

-38.81

-58.57*

55.71

-26.62

45.76

20.56

25.85

24.07

45.34

22.29

28.44

26.25

Lag of D. Variable

0.97***

0.62***

0.54*

0.92***

0.97***

0.59***

0.18

0.92***

0.07

0.13

0.21

0.06

0.06

0.13

0.18

0.05

Season 1 (base)

        

Season 2

79.41*

-81.01**

-108.96***

-69.09**

24.84

-72.15*

-99.61**

-102.30***

37.06

28.25

28.95

21.47

41.84

28.55

33.33

23.52

Season 3

142.93**

-48.96*

-114.18***

-30.31

110.68*

-43.48

-105.86**

-50.03*

48.55

23.59

22.17

23.94

49.01

23.81

28.91

24.67

Season 4

-13.55

-133.59***

-175.47***

-127.38***

-58.60

-125.68***

-193.05***

-155.11***

37.56

25.04

22.98

21.83

37.75

25.33

27.67

22.09

Time Trend

7.94

7.03***

10.11***

6.05*

2.90

8.07*

6.77*

2.92

4.18

3.09

2.58

2.45

3.79

3.16

2.34

2.38

Constant

-68.45***

308.07***

273.69**

83.05*

-4.29

320.05***

466.51***

127.48***

65.82

71.06

78.96

34.55

59.81

72.13

69.14

37.82

N

32

48

32

112

32

48

32

112

df

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

R squared

0.92

0.71

0.87

0.87

0.92

0.69

0.88

0.85

  1. OLS Regression method is used. Estimated coefficients and standard errors are presented. df denotes the degrees of freedom. * Significance at 10%, ** Significance at 5%, *** Significance at 1%. Each column reports a separate model specification.