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Table 7 Average marginal effects for the health care provider choice models for children (Age 1-5 years), robust Z statistic in parentheses

From: Poverty and health care demand in Kenya

 

Dependent variable = health care provider

Variable

None

Non-modern

Modern

Poor

0.401

0.184

-0.585

 

(2.99)

(3.05)

(-4.21)

Rural

-0.008

0.040

-0.032

 

(-0.43)

(3.94)

(-1.73)

Male

0.013

0.009

-0.023

 

(0.86)

(1.27)

(-1.42)

Household size

-0.009

-0.008

0.017

 

(-1.30)

(-2.55)

(2.37)

Fever/Malaria

-0.019

-0.0009

0.020

 

(-1.04)

(-0.09)

(1.05)

Flu

0.112

0.036

-0.148

 

(5.45)

(3.55)

(-6.89)

Headache

-0.021

0.030

-0.009

 

(-0.30)

(1.08)

(-0.13)

Distance to nearest health facility

0.0005

-0.003

0.002

 

(0.39)

(-4.21)

(1.68)

No education- household head

-0.004

-0.011

0.015

 

(-0.18)

(-0.97)

(0.61)

Married-household head

-0.004

-0.009

0.013

 

(-0.20)

(-0.90)

(0.60)

Age

0.019

0.006

-0.025

 

(3.52)

(2.16)

(-4.39)

Poor residuals

-0.217

-0.094

0.312

 

(-2.64)

(-2.52)

(3.64)

Number of observations

3,306

3,306

3,306