Table 2 Socioeconomic determinants of engagement in commercial plasma donation

Household characteristics

Per capita income (log)

−0.042***

(0.014)

−0.282***

(0.098)

−0.072***

(0.021)

Cadre and party membership status (dummy)

−0.05

(0.045)

−0.429

(0.289)

−0.111**

(0.056)

Household size

0.026**

(0.011)

0.134*

(0.076)

0.033**

(0.015)

Year of education

0.004

(0.003)

0.026

(0.023)

0.005

(0.004)

Ethnicity status (dummy)

−0.164***

(0.061)

−1.100***

(0.394)

−0.299***

(0.075)

Share of elderly

−0.062

(0.079)

−0.525

(0.581)

−0.139

(0.106)

Share of unmarried son

0.180**

(0.077)

1.234**

(0.517)

0.204**

(0.098)

Ratio of farm wage to plasma compensation

−0.183

(0.145)

−1.279

(0.979)

−0.277

(0.173)

Exposure to big diseases (dummy)

−0.051*

(0.030)

−0.328

(0.205)

−0.033

(0.043)

Exposure to livestock deaths (dummy)

−0.033

(0.030)

−0.21

(0.202)

−0.026

(0.044)

Exposure to family member deaths (dummy)

−0.007

(0.051)

−0.114

(0.341)

−0.087

(0.061)

Village characteristics

Mean per capita income (log)

−0.044

(0.065)

−0.266

(0.444)

0.042

(0.099)

Mean year of education

0.008

(0.034)

0.046

(0.220)

−0.008

(0.042)

Mean ethnicity status

−0.122

(0.177)

−1.189

(1.189)

−0.125

(0.191)

Mean share of elderly

0.208

(0.452)

1.127

(3.176)

0.226

(0.566)

Mean share of unmarried son

−0.397

(0.290)

−2.814

(2.036)

−0.471

(0.431)

Year and village fixed effects

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