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Table 4 Multinomial Logistic Regression showing Association between Coping Mechanism and Selected Socio-economic Variables

From: Distress financing in coping with out-of-pocket expenditure for maternity care in India

Coping Mechanisms

 

Borrowings

Insurance

Other Coping Mechanisms

 

Variables

RRR

95% Conf. Interval

RRR

95% Conf. Interval

RRR

95% Conf. Interval

CMCE

CMCE (no) ®

      

CMCE (yes)

2.59***

(2.15, 3.13)

1.39***

(1.28, 1.52)

1.27*

(1.02, 1.57)

Residence

Rural®

      

Urban

0.72***

(0.62, 0.85)

1.11***

(1.05, 1.18)

0.99

(0.87, 1.14)

Literacy of mother

No literate®

      

Literate without schooling

0.44

(0.16, 1.22)

0.73

(0.51, 1.04)

0.64

(0.32, 1.27)

Primary

0.83

(0.66, 1.06)

1.21***

(1.09, 1.34)

0.83

(0.68, 1.02)

Secondary

0.65***

(0.53, 0.81)

1.29***

(1.17, 1.41)

0.95

(0.79, 1.13)

Higher secondary

0.53***

(0.41, 0.69)

1.35***

(1.21, 1.5)

0.78*

(0.62, 0.98)

Graduate and above

0.38***

(0.29, 0.51)

1.81***

(1.62, 2.02)

0.75*

(0.58, 0.97)

Wealth quartile

Quartile 1®

      

Quartile 2

1.22

(0.98, 1.5)

1.1*

(1.01, 1.2)

1

(0.85, 1.18)

Quartile 3

1.24*

(1.01, 1.53)

1.31***

(1.2, 1.42)

0.86

(0.73, 1.02)

Quartile 4

1.07

(0.84, 1.37)

1.74***

(1.59, 1.9)

0.63***

(0.51, 0.77)

Caste of the mother

ST®

      

SC

1.43*

(1.07, 1.91)

0.51***

(0.46, 0.56)

1.23

(0.99, 1.53)

Others

1.12

(0.86, 1.46)

0.51***

(0.48, 0.56)

1.19

(0.98, 1.45)

Type of health facility

Govt/Public Hospital®

      

Private Hospitals

3.07***

(2.56, 3.68)

1.05

(0.98, 1.13)

0.82*

(0.7, 0.98)

 

Constant

0.04***

(0.03, 0.05)

0.54***

(0.48, 0.6)

0.09***

(0.07, 0.11)

  1. Note: The number of samples for the sale of physical assets category are very less for regression analysis. ® = Reference category, P < 0.1 = *, P < 0.04 = **, P < 0.01 = *** Level of significance for multinomial logistic regression