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Table 4 Mean characteristics of women before and after the FHCI

From: Free health care for under-fives, expectant and recent mothers? Evaluating the impact of Sierra Leone’s free health care initiative

Variables

Pre-FHCI

Post-FHCI

Difference (Post-Pre)

All

ANC Outcome Variablesa

 Received skilled ANC during pregnancy

0.963

0.973

0.01

0.968

 ANC received at public facility

0.955

0.969

0.014

0.964

 Four ANC visits at public facility

0.751

0.771

0.02

0.508

Obs.

2685

5630

 

8315

PNC Outcome Variables

 Health Facility for Delivery

  Government facility

0.447

0.501

0.054

0.479

  Government hospital

0.12

0.134

0.014

0.129

  Government health centre

0.329

0.369

0.04

0.352

  Private facility

0.017

0.018

0.001

0.017

 Delivery with skilled health worker

0.584

0.636

0.052

0.616

 Postnatal care within 48 h of birth in public facility

0.121

0.266

0.145

0.208

 Vitamin A given within 2 months of delivery

0.816

0.788

−0.028

0.813

 3 courses of DPT received within 12 months of delivery (DPT3) b

0.609

0.625

0.016

0.691

Obs.

3968

7970

 

11,938

Covariates

 Age

30.5

28.38

−2.12

29.34

 Urban

0.315

0.302

−0.013

0.308

 Christian

0.19

0.187

−0.003

0.19

 Mother’s education

  Primary education

0.127

0.142

0.015

0.133

  Secondary education

0.136

0.184

0.048

0.164

  Higher education

0.016

0.01

−0.006

0.012

 Asset index quintile

  Lowest

0.232

0.232

0

0.233

  Second

0.194

0.2

0.006

0.199

  Middle

0.204

0.202

−0.002

0.199

  Fourth

0.215

0.22

0.005

0.218

  Highest

0.155

0.147

−0.008

0.15

 Eastern Region

0.228

0.213

−0.015

0.221

 Northern Region

0.384

0.396

0.012

0.385

 Southern Region

0.279

0.277

−0.002

0.281

 Western Region

0.11

0.114

0.004

0.113

  1. aPolicy implementation assumed to be 9 months prior to delivery date
  2. bDeliveries excluded from November 2012 to allow for 1 year vaccination period