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Table 5 Average marginal effects for the poverty status models, robust Z statistic in parentheses

From: Poverty and health care demand in Kenya

 

Dependent variable = poor

Variable

Infants

Children

Children

Adults

 

(Age < 1)

(Age 1-5)

(Age 6-14)

(Age ≥ 15)

Rural

-0.0002

0.013

-0.001

0.009

 

(-0.01)

(0.71)

(-0.08)

(0.78)

Male

-0.048

-0.015

0.041

-0.014

 

(-1.39)

(-0.93)

(2.63)

(-1.50)

Infant age

0.006

   
 

(1.03)

   

Household size

0.03

0.046

0.042

0.044

 

(4.04)

(12.77)

(13.00)

(27.05)

Fever/Malaria

-0.036

-0.023

-0.061

-0.029

 

(-0.93)

(-1.21)

(-3.40)

(-2.76)

Flu

0.051

-0.002

-0.021

-0.028

 

(1.06)

(-0.08)

(-0.86)

(-1.73)

Headache

0.004

0.117

0.069

0.059

 

(0.01)

(1.49)

(2.08)

(3.19)

Distance to nearest health facility

0.007

0.005

0.008

0.007

 

(3.49)

(5.51)

(7.92)

(12.47)

No education- household head

0.113

0.126

0.13

 
 

(2.96)

(6.86)

(7.48)

 

Married-household head

-0.081

-0.024

-0.078

 
 

(-1.56)

(-1.08)

(-3.95)

 

Age

 

-0.007

-0.023

0.002

  

(-1.17)

(-0.84)

(7.58)

Age squared

  

0.001

 
   

(1.11)

 

Catholic

  

-0.049

-0.022

   

(-1.60)

(-1.50)

Protestant

  

-0.045

-0.046

   

(-1.73)

(-3.50)

Muslim

  

0.008

0.029

   

(0.19)

(1.46)

No education

   

0.121

    

(12.17)

Married

   

-0.032

    

(-3.26)

Severe underweight

2.869

1.838

2.47

1.85

 

(3.74)

(5.67)

(8.05)

(10.06)

Number of observations

733

3,315

3,530

9,707