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Table 1 Distance to public clinics by population group (race) and per capita income quintile for South African households

From: Distance decay and persistent health care disparities in South Africa

  

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(2)

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Distance from household to closest public clinic

  

N

Distance (km)

<2 km

2-5 km

>5 km

Race:

      
 

Black African

5,611

2.61

0.669

0.187

0.144

 

Coloured

1,004

2.04***

0.884***

0.042***

0.075***

 

White

551

1.93***

0.674

0.287***

0.039***

Per capita income quintile:

     
 

1

1,620

3.01

0.578

0.222

0.200

 

2

1,793

2.68**

0.629***

0.223

0.148***

 

3

1,635

2.48***

0.714***

0.160***

0.126***

 

4

1,226

2.21***

0.791***

0.117***

0.092***

 

5

927

1.95***

0.735***

0.214

0.052***

  1. Authors’ calculation using NIDS and health facility data and post-stratification weights. For the 2% of households that are multi-racial, race group is defined as the majority race of household residents. The number of households differs across per capita income quintiles as households were assigned to quintiles after taking post-stratification weights into account. Asterisks in the top panel of columns 2 to 5 indicate whether White and Coloured means are statistically significantly different from Black African means at the 1% (***) and 5% (**) level. Similarly, asterisks in the bottom panel of columns 2 to 5 indicate significant differences between households in the bottom income quintile and households in other income quintiles.