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Table 2 Logistic regressions to estimate propensity score

From: Has Vietnam Health care funds for the poor policy favored the elderly poor?

Dependent variable: Treated households

    

Independent variables:

Coef.

95% CI

Sig.

1. Household head characteristics

Age of household head in years

−0.016

−0.026

−0.005

yes

Sex of household head-Male

−0.255

−0.598

0.089

no

Number of years in school of household head

−0.089

−0.135

−0.043

yes

Ethnic of household head-Kinh

−0.337

−0.842

0.168

no

Religion of household head-Non religion

−0.369

−0.955

0.218

no

Marital status of household head-Divorced

0.161

−0.494

0.815

no

Marital status of household head-Widowed

−0.086

−0.450

0.277

no

Marital status of household head-Single

0.100

−0.540

0.740

no

Occupation of household head-Retire

−1.090

−1.714

−0.467

yes

Occupation of household head-Elderly

−0.031

−0.344

0.283

no

Occupation of household head-Other

0.216

−0.072

0.504

no

2. Household characteristics

Distance to commune health station (km)

−0.096

−0.209

0.016

no

Distance to district health center (km)

−0.023

−0.047

0.001

no

Total income last year

0.000

0.000

0.000

yes

Total expenditure last year

0.000

0.000

0.000

no

Debt amount

0.000

0.000

0.000

yes

Number of females in household

0.118

0.009

0.226

yes

Number of children under 6 years in household

0.175

−0.037

0.387

no

Number of people > =60 years in household

−0.270

−0.497

−0.043

yes

Number of children under 6 years who were sick

−0.120

−0.414

0.173

no

Number of people > =60 who were sick

0.059

−0.169

0.287

no

Number of males who sick

0.113

−0.038

0.265

no

Number of females who were sick

0.029

−0.120

0.178

no

Constant

2.089

0.970

3.208

yes

  1. N = 3957; LR chi2(23) = 557.58; Prob > chi2 = 0.000; Log likelihood = −1239.82.