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Table 1 Means and Standard deviations of explanatory variables

From: The determinants of the choice of treatment of pregnant women in Cameroon

Variables

Mean

Standard deviation

AGE

 15-25 years

0,3280

0,4672

 26-29 years

0,4413

0,4965

 30-49 years

0,2302

0,4209

Level of education

 No education

0,2968

0,4568

 Primary education

0,4297

0,4950

 Secondary

0,2524

0,4344

 Higher

0,0211

0,1436

Occupation

 Paid employment

0,7704

0,4205

 Employment not remunerated

0,2296

0,4205

Area of Residence

 Rural

0,5554

0,4969

 Urbain

0,4446

0,4969

Religion

 Catholic

0,3439

0,4750

 Protestant

0,3380

0,4730

 Moslem

0,2344

0,4236

 Animist

0,0302

0,1711

 Other Christian

0,0228

0,1492

Matrimonial status

 Single

0,0374

0,0189

Married

0,7172

0,4503

 Cohabitation

0,1342

0,3409

 Widow

0,0552

0,2282

 divorced

0,0374

0,1897

Size of household

 1-4

0,2338

0,4232

 5-10

0,4 811

0,4933

 11 and more

0,3 297

0,3360

State of previous pregnancy

 Complicated

0,03

0,178 4

 Noncomplicated

0,97

0,1778

Index of wealth

 Very poor

0,2111

0,4080

 Poor

0,2392

0,4266

Average

0,2212

0,4150

 Rich

0,1860

0,3891

 Very rich

0,14 00

0,350 0

Cost of care

 100-1000

0,2 78 0

0,1323

 1005-10000

0,3 83 0

0,0909

 10005 and more

0,36 19

0,0436

Cost of transport

 0-100

0, 24 11

0, 4906

 150-400

0,41 7 0

0, 2654

 500 and more

0, 33 12

0, 5699

Insurance

 Ensured

0,0298

0,4122

 Not assured

0,9702

0,7701

Quality of the care

 Bad

0,5841

0,227 8

 Good

0,4159

0,49 45

  1. Source: Author using data from [21]