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Table 3 Effect of C-section delivery on labour supply/ productivity loss

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

Dependent variable

Hours of hospitalisation

Log of hours of hospitalisation

Days of hospitalisation

Log of days of hospitalisation

 

All

Public facilities

All

Public facilities

All

Public facilities

All

Public facilities

C-section delivery

50.99***

(5.629)

46.91***

(5.859)

0.859***

(0.114)

0.782***

(0.119)

2.125***

(0.235)

1.955***

(0.244)

0.540***

(0.059)

0.496***

(0.062)

Mean of dep. Variable

29.469

29.318

2.758

2.755

1.23

1.221

0.626

0.625

R-squared

0.135

0.122

0.074

0.065

0.135

0.122

0.115

0.101

No. of observations

2412

2173

2412

2173

2412

2173

2412

2173

  1. 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