Economic consequences of caesarean section delivery: evidence from a household survey in Tanzania

Table 2 Effect of C-section delivery on delivery care costs

Dependent variable	Probability of paying		Amount paid (USD)		Log of the amount paid (USD)
	All	Public facilities	All	Public facilities	All	Public facilities
C-section delivery	0.164*** (0.034)	0.179*** (0.034)	20.47*** (5.042)	10.59*** (2.668)	0.771*** (0.130)	0.671*** (0.112)
Mean of dep. Variable	0.205	0.141	3.768	2.011	0.464	0.291
R-squared	0.029	0.035	0.070	0.071	0.063	0.074
No. of observations	2412	2173	2412	2173	2412	2173

Notes: Robust standard errors in parentheses; The reference group is women who delivered in a health facility with a normal delivery; Adjusted covariates include age, marital status, religion, parity, education level, occupation, insurance status, household size, household wealth status, and place of residence; * p < 0.10, ** p < 0.05, *** p < 0.01

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