Table 3 Determinants of the probability of seeking outpatient care for acute and chronic conditions and of seeking inpatient care

Female headed household (1/0)

0.002

0.018

−0.033^a

0.018

−0.000

0.003

Female children 0–13 (1/0)

0.035^b

0.015

Female older than 55 years (1/0)

0.012

0.026

0.016

0.024

−0.011^b

0.005

Male aged 0–13 years (1/0)

0.050^c

0.015

Male aged 14–55 years (1/0)

0.060^c

0.015

−0.017

0.021

−0.006^a

0.003

Male older than 55 years (1/0)

0.042

0.033

0.012

0.026

−0.010^b

0.005

Log of household size

0.058^c

0.017

0.107^c

0.020

−0.003

0.003

Primary education (1/0)

0.017

0.017

0.026

0.021

0.007^a

0.003

Secondary education (1/0)

−0.016

0.013

−0.003

0.019

0.005^a

0.003

Higher secondary education (1/0)

0.022

0.020

0.131^c

0.031

0.004

0.004

Natural log of annual per capita expenditure (INR)

0.037^c

0.013

0.069^c

0.019

0.005^a

0.003

Scheduled caste/tribe (1/0)

−0.004

0.012

−0.008

0.015

−0.001

0.003

Self-employed in non-agriculture (1/0)

0.002

0.018

0.041

0.032

−0.005

0.005

Other employment (1/0)

−0.066^c

0.022

0.080^b

0.038

0.005

0.006

Casual wage labourer (1/0)

−0.017

0.015

0.003

0.026

0.003

0.004

Not working (1/0)

−0.033

0.022

−0.015

0.027

0.000

0.005

Doing housework (1/0)

−0.011

0.022

0.001

0.022

0.000

0.004

Student (1/0)

−0.033

0.031

Kanpur Dehat

−0.098^c

0.015

−0.087^c

0.019

−0.006^b

0.003

Pratapgarh

−0.029^b

0.014

−0.101^c

0.017

−0.007^c

0.003

Acute gastrointestinal symptoms (1/0)

−0.032^b

0.015

Acute febrile symptoms (1/0)

−0.093^c

0.022

Acute musculoskeletal symptoms (1/0)

−0.136^c

0.026

Other acute symptoms (1/0)

−0.020

0.019

Self-assessed health measure Increasing in health (−1 to +1)

−0.150^c

0.024

−0.049^c

0.004

Chronic lungs/respiratory symptoms (1/0)

0.043^a

0.023

Chronic gastrointestinal symptoms (1/0) (1/0)

0.061^c

0.023

Chronic allergic symptoms (1/0)

−0.004

0.026

Other chronic symptoms (1/0)

0.008

0.019

Chronic symptoms related to Internal organs (1/0)

0.021

0.027

N

4,171

3,276

13,965