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Table 12 Average marginal effects for health care provider choice models for children aged 6 to 14 years, robust Z statistics in parenthesis

From: Poverty and health care demand in Kenya

Dependent variable = health care provider

 

None

Non-modern

Modern

Variable

(1)

(2)

(3)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(1)

(2)

(3)

Poor

0.083

0.224

0.207

0.033

0.222

0.219

-0.117

-0.447

-0.426

 

(5.14)

(2.10)

(1.92)

(3.37)

(3.69)

(3.65)

(-6.99)

(-4.06)

(-3.84)

Rural

0.012

0.010

0.010

0.073

0.070

0.070

-0.085

-0.080

-0.080

 

(0.64)

(0.53)

(0.53)

(5.58)

(5.38)

(5.38)

(-4.43)

(-4.19)

(-4.18)

Male

0.004

-0.001

-0.0007

0.008

0.0008

0.001

-0.012

0.0006

-0.0007

 

(0.25)

(-0.09)

(-0.05)

(0.85)

(0.08)

(0.15)

(-0.73)

(0.04)

(-0.04)

Household size

0.007

0.002

0.003

-0.002

-0.011

-0.010

-0.005

0.009

0.008

 

(2.38)

(0.33)

(0.50)

(-1.34)

(-3.30)

(-3.14)

(-1.46)

(1.63)

(1.36)

Fever/Malaria

-0.001

0.006

0.005

0.014

0.024

0.023

-0.013

-0.030

-0.028

 

(-0.07)

(0.32)

(0.27)

(1.24)

(2.02)

(1.97)

(-0.69)

(-1.54)

(-1.46)

Flu

0.156

0.160

0.159

0.056

0.061

0.061

-0.212

-0.221

-0.220

 

(6.85)

(6.97)

(6.95)

(4.04)

(4.37)

(4.36)

(-8.88)

(-9.21)

(-9.18)

Headache

0.106

0.097

0.098

0.078

0.065

0.066

-0.184

-0.163

-0.164

 

(3.36)

(3.02)

(3.05)

(4.62)

(3.82)

(3.88)

(-5.57)

(-4.84)

(-4.89)

Distance to nearest health facility

0.001

-0.0003

0.00004

-0.003

-0.005

-0.004

0.002

0.005

0.004

 

(1.23)

(-0.23)

(0.03)

(-4.37)

(-5.17)

(-4.87)

(2.06)

(3.62)

(3.13)

No education-household head

0.027

0.008

0.010

0.007

-0.018

-0.017

-0.034

0.010

0.007

 

(1.55)

(0.37)

(0.46)

(0.67)

(-1.43)

(-1.35)

(-1.86)

(0.42)

(0.29)

Married-household head

-0.015

-0.005

-0.006

-0.020

-0.005

-0.005

0.035

0.010

0.011

 

(-0.78)

(-0.24)

(-0.30)

(-1.81)

(-0.38)

(-0.39)

(1.78)

(0.45)

(0.51)

Age

0.059

0.062

0.061

-0.0008

0.003

0.003

-0.058

-0.065

-0.065

 

(2.20)

(2.30)

(2.29)

(-0.05)

(0.21)

(0.19)

(-2.09)

(-2.34)

(-2.32)

Age squared

-0.003

-0.003

-0.003

0.0002

-0.0001

-0.00008

0.003

0.003

0.003

 

(-2.18)

(-2.31)

(-2.29)

(0.20)

(-0.12)

(-0.10)

(1.98)

(2.30)

(2.27)

Catholic

-0.018

-0.013

-0.014

-0.006

-0.0001

-0.001

0.025

0.013

0.015

 

(-0.61)

(-0.41)

(-0.45)

(-0.36)

(-0.01)

(-0.05)

(0.80)

(0.40)

(0.47)

Protestant

-0.018

-0.012

-0.014

-0.0009

0.006

0.006

0.019

0.006

0.008

 

(-0.69)

(-0.46)

(-0.53)

(-0.06)

(0.41)

(0.35)

(0.70)

(0.21)

(0.30)

Muslim

-0.048

-0.053

-0.053

-0.045

-0.055

-0.055

0.093

0.108

0.108

 

(-1.16)

(-1.27)

(-1.27)

(-1.44)

(-1.80)

(-1.82)

(2.12)

(2.47)

(2.48)

Poor residuals

 

-0.088

-0.105

 

-0.118

-0.143

 

0.206

0.248

  

(-1.33)

(-1.53)

 

(-3.13)

(-3.61)

 

(3.02)

(3.51)

Poor interacted with residuals

  

0.056

  

0.054

  

-0.110

   

(0.98)

  

(1.56)

  

(-1.85)

Number of observations

3,523

3,523

3,523

3,523

3,523

3,523

3,523

3,523

3,523