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Table 2 Determinants of the decision to seek care when ill, Mozambique 2009

From: Health service availability and health seeking behaviour in resource poor settings: evidence from Mozambique

 

Probit

IV-Probit

  

2nd stage

1st stage

Supply-side characteristics

 Percentage of HCs and DHs among HFs in locality

0.042

0.033

−0.118

 

(0.038)

(0.040)

(0.077)

 HF staff and equipment index (locality average)

0.043

0.122

 
 

(0.029)

(0.083)

 

 HF availability of housing (locality average)

  

0.098***

   

(0.023)

 HF time distance: < 1 hour

0.184***

0.182***

0.016

 

(0.026)

(0.026)

(0.019)

 HF time distance: 1–2 hour

0.053

0.050

0.034

 

(0.033)

(0.034)

(0.028)

Demand-side characteristics

 Woman

0.011

0.011

0.000

 

(0.014)

(0.014)

(0.005)

 Age

−0.005***

−0.005***

0.000

 

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.001)

 Age squared

0.000***

0.000***

0.000

 

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

 Higher level education attained in household

0.012***

0.012***

0.005*

 

(0.003)

(0.003)

(0.003)

 Employed in permanent work

0.061***

0.063***

−0.015

 

(0.020)

(0.020)

(0.013)

 Employed in housekeeping work

−0.046**

−0.046***

0.002

 

(0.020)

(0.019)

(0.009)

 Log household consumption per-capita

0.032***

0.031***

0.014*

 

(0.010)

(0.010)

(0.008)

 Number of household members per room

−0.014**

−0.014**

−0.001

 

(0.006)

(0.006)

(0.004)

 Latrine in the house

0.029*

0.030*

−0.007

 

(0.017)

(0.017)

(0.014)

 Transport reaching the community

0.069***

0.068***

0.016

 

(0.025)

(0.025)

(0.018)

 Urban

−0.052**

−0.060**

0.138***

 

(0.025)

(0.025)

(0.039)

Constant

Yes

Yes

Yes

Province dummies

Yes

Yes

Yes

Month dummies

Yes

Yes

Yes

Observations

6,026

6,026

Pseudo R-Squared

0.090

  

Log pseudolikelihood

−3676.406

−2916.161

Rho

  

−0.054

 Standard error

  

(0.056)

Wald test of exogeneity(a)

  

0.333

p-value

  

0.397

F-test first stage(a)

  

18.697***

  1. Average marginal effects reported
  2. 1st and 2nd Stage refer respectively to the reduced-form and structural equations
  3. Standard errors corrected for intra-cluster correlation at locality level in parentheses
  4. (a)Adjusted for clusters (N = 452)
  5. HC health Centre, DH district Hospital
  6. ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1