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Table 2 Multinomial logit regression of the probability of children having health insurance

From: The impact of health insurance programs for children: evidence from Vietnam

Explanatory variables

Estimation using

VHLSSs 2006 and 2008

Estimation using

VHLSSs 2010 and 2012

Enrolled in student health insurance in 2008 (yes = 1, no = 0)

Enrolled in free health insurance in 2008 (yes = 1, no = 0)

Enrolled in student health insurance in 2008 (yes = 1, no = 0)

Enrolled in free health insurance in 2008 (yes = 1, no = 0)

Age

0.0122

−0.0897***

−0.0407*

−0.0052

 

(0.0178)

(0.0258)

(0.0241)

(0.0285)

Sex (male = 1, female = 0)

−0.0250

0.0521

−0.0457

−0.0977

 

(0.0757)

(0.1061)

(0.1056)

(0.1313)

Ethnic minorities (yes = 1)

−0.5868***

0.0549

−0.6287***

2.0530***

 

(0.1190)

(0.1532)

(0.1811)

(0.1689)

Attending school

2.4796***

1.2287***

2.4920***

0.8578***

 

(0.1744)

(0.1974)

(0.2478)

(0.2255)

Log of per capita income

0.4629***

−1.3994***

0.6031***

−1.4203***

 

(0.0797)

(0.1233)

(0.1034)

(0.1444)

Household size

−0.0125

0.0060

0.1177***

0.0051

 

(0.0268)

(0.0376)

(0.0395)

(0.0446)

Proportion of children in households

0.4780

1.0777***

0.1684

−0.5964

 

(0.2989)

(0.3987)

(0.4015)

(0.4757)

Proportion of elderly in households

0.7076

−0.5008

1.8244***

1.6999**

 

(0.4471)

(0.6530)

(0.6394)

(0.7518)

Age of household head

0.0129***

−0.0038

0.0011

−0.0165**

 

(0.0047)

(0.0061)

(0.0070)

(0.0079)

Sex of head (male = 1, female = 0)

−0.1260

−0.1689

−0.1347

−0.0613

 

(0.1388)

(0.1982)

(0.2004)

(0.2871)

Household head without education degree

Reference

   

Household head with primary education

0.3605***

−0.0435

0.1820

−0.0655

 

(0.1134)

(0.1436)

(0.1499)

(0.1748)

Household head with lower-secondary

0.4131***

−0.1108

0.5080***

0.3832*

 

(0.1247)

(0.1758)

(0.1822)

(0.2207)

Household head with upper-secondary

0.4088***

−0.4701*

0.5343**

0.1113

 

(0.1508)

(0.2411)

(0.2201)

(0.3228)

Household head with post-secondary

1.7410***

3.1364***

0.3392

−0.8047

 

(0.5241)

(0.6266)

(0.3919)

(0.6589)

Household head without spouse

Reference

   

Household head’s spouse without education

−0.2191

0.4239*

0.9196***

0.8790***

 

(0.1820)

(0.2436)

(0.2835)

(0.3404)

Household head’s spouse with primary

0.1722

−0.0040

0.4683***

−0.1166

 

(0.1154)

(0.1542)

(0.1451)

(0.1822)

Household head’s spouse with lower-

0.0630

−0.0148

0.5328***

−0.5900**

 

(0.1322)

(0.1902)

(0.1790)

(0.2376)

Household head’s spouse with upper-

0.4033**

0.2558

0.5491**

−0.1479

 

(0.1787)

(0.2996)

(0.2440)

(0.3709)

Household head’s spouse with post-

1.6187**

1.3179

1.4439***

2.4847***

 

(0.6789)

(0.8870)

(0.5519)

(0.7544)

Urban (urban = 1; rural = 0)

0.3476***

−0.5764***

0.5644***

−0.0672

 

(0.1122)

(0.2011)

(0.1595)

(0.2254)

Number of doctors per 1000 people

2.5881***

2.0884***

−0.1325

−0.1207

 

(0.3257)

(0.4800)

(0.4587)

(0.5366)

Number of hospital per 1000 people

−37.7050***

−18.9089

1.5484

52.7175***

 

(10.4348)

(15.7174)

(14.1803)

(18.0295)

Dummy year (2008 or 2012)a

0.9342***

1.6824***

0.3227**

1.0438***

 

(0.0886)

(0.1272)

(0.1270)

(0.1619)

Constant

−8.0450***

9.0468***

−7.8169***

11.5076***

 

(0.8438)

(1.2592)

(1.1648)

(1.4951)

Observations

5,013

5,013

4,110

4,110

R-squared

0.188

0.188

0.345

0.345

  1. Note: aDummy years: for regressions using the 2006 and 2008 VHLSS, the dummy year is equal 1 for 2008 and 0 for 2006. For regressions using the 2010 and 2012 VHLSS, the dummy year is equal 1 for 2012 and 0 for 2010
  2. Robust standard errors in parentheses
  3. Source: Estimates from VHLSSs 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2012
  4. *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1