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Table 8 Average marginal effects for the health care provider choice models for children (Age 6-14 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

0.224

0.222

-0.447

 

(2.10)

(3.69)

(-4.06)

Rural

0.010

0.070

-0.080

 

(0.53)

(5.38)

(-4.19)

Male

-0.001

0.0008

0.0006

 

(-0.09)

(0.08)

(0.04)

Household size

0.002

-0.011

0.009

 

(0.33)

(-3.30)

(1.63)

Fever/Malaria

0.006

0.024

-0.030

 

(0.32)

(2.02)

(-1.54)

Flu

0.160

0.061

-0.221

 

(6.97)

(4.37)

(-9.21)

Headache

0.097

0.065

-0.163

 

(3.02)

(3.82)

(-4.84)

Distance to nearest health facility

-0.0003

-0.005

0.005

 

(-0.23)

(-5.17)

(3.62)

No education- household head

0.008

-0.018

0.010

 

(0.37)

(-1.43)

(0.42)

Married-household head

-0.005

-0.005

0.010

 

(-0.24)

(-0.38)

(0.45)

Age

0.062

0.003

-0.065

 

(2.30)

(0.21)

(-2.34)

Age squared

-0.003

-0.0001

0.003

 

(-2.31)

(-0.12)

(2.30)

Catholic

-0.013

-0.0001

0.013

 

(-0.41)

9-0.01

(0.40)

Protestant

-0.012

0.006

0.006

 

(-0.46)

(0.41)

(0.21)

Muslim

-0.053

-0.055

0.108

 

(-1.27)

(-1.80)

(2.47)

Poor residuals

-0.088

-0.118

0.206

 

(-1.33)

(-3.13)

(3.02)

Number of observations

3,523

3,523

3,523