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Table 5 Estimated effects of MSS on institutional delivery and skilled birth attendance

From: The effect of increasing the supply of skilled health providers on pregnancy and birth outcomes: evidence from the midwives service scheme in Nigeria

 

Number

β (95 % CI)

p-value

%D

Delivery in study clinic

 Average effect

5295

−0.007 (−0.070, 0.055)

0.815

−0.017

 Year 1

5295

−0.008 (−0.081, 0.065)

0.833

−0.019

 Year 2

5295

0.005 (−0.067, 0.078)

0.883

0.012

 Year 3

5295

−0.022 (−0.099, 0.055)

0.567

−0.052

Institutional delivery

 Average effect

5295

−0.016 (−0.074, 0.041)

0.574

−0.028

 Year 1

5295

−0.035 (−0.104, 0.035)

0.331

−0.061

 Year 2

5295

0.000 (−0.066, 0.066)

0.991

0.000

 Year 3

5295

−0.016 (−0.085, 0.053)

0.657

−0.028

Skilled birth attendance

 Average effect

5295

−0.000 (−0.056, 0.055)

0.987

0.000

 Year 1

5295

−0.014 (−0.081, 0.054)

0.686

−0.026

 Year 2

5295

0.025 (−0.041, 0.090)

0.458

0.046

 Year 3

5295

−0.015 (−0.084, 0.053)

0.665

−0.028

  1. β denotes the estimated effect of the MSS program, and is obtained using a differences-in-differences specification that includes month of birth and community fixed effects and controls for maternal and child characteristics. %D expresses the estimated program effect as a percentage of the baseline average of the outcome variable. Standard errors in parentheses are clustered at the community level