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Table 4 The estimated intention to treat effect (ITTE) of the MSS on rural respondents

From: The spillover effect of midwife attrition from the Nigerian midwives service scheme

Outcomes

Antenatal visits

Delivery sites

Public sector clinics

Private sector clinics

No antenatal care

Public sector clinics

Private sector clinics

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National

Effect in 2010

0.050***

−0.002

− 0.051***

0.016

0.002

− 0.013

 

(0.016)

(0.006)

(0.011)

(0.011)

(0.008)

(0.008)

Pre-MSS trend

0.001

−0.001

−0.003

0.002

−0.001

−0.001

 

(0.003)

(0.002)

(0.007)

(0.002)

(0.001)

(0.004)

Observations

25,562

25,065

26,059

26,328

26,401

26,401

R-squared

0.211

0.211

0.338

0.195

0.216

0.376

Northern zones

Effect in 2010

0.053***

0.003

−0.056**

0.010

0.008

−0.016

 

(0.003)

(0.003)

(0.007)

(0.006)

(0.007)

(0.014)

Pre-MSS trend

0.009

0.0008

−0.009

0.006*

−0.001

− 0.006

 

(0.011)

(0.001)

(0.009)

(0.002)

(0.001)

(0.002)

Observations

19,100

19,100

19,474

19,777

19,777

19,777

R-squared

0.251

0.156

0.316

0.161

0.158

0.273

Southern zones

Effect in 2010

0.039

−0.018

−0.026

0.034

−0.021

0.004

 

(0.045)

(0.017)

(0.035)

(0.030)

(0.020)

(0.002)

Pre-MSS trend

−0.004

−0.002

0.011

−0.008

−0.001

0.011*

 

(0.007)

(0.007)

(0.022)

(0.006)

(0.005)

(0.004)

Observations

5965

5965

6585

6624

6624

6624

R-squared

0.127

0.164

0.244

0.124

0.159

0.289

  1. Robust standard errors are in parentheses. *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1 Pre-MSS trend, pre-implementation trend (i.e. the trend in the indicated outcome prior to implementation of the midwives service scheme)