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Table 2 First Stage –Correlation of birth registration with instrumental variables

From: Does birth under-registration reduce childhood immunization? Evidence from the Dominican Republic

Dependent variable:

(2.1)

(2.2)

(2.3)

(2.4)

1 if child does not have birth certificate, 0 otherwise

OLS

PROBIT

OLS

PROBIT

Distance to nearest registry in km

0.010***

0.009***

0.011***

0.010***

(0.002)

(0.002)

(0.002)

(0.002)

Mother without document of identification

0.376***

0.348***

0.376***

0.377***

(0.017)

(0.026)

(0.018)

(0.028)

Aged 0-2 months

0.266***

0.327***

0.247***

0.314***

(0.035)

(0.055)

(0.035)

(0.058)

Aged 3-6 months

0.084***

0.098***

0.068***

0.086***

(0.017)

(0.022)

(0.017)

(0.023)

Aged 7-12 months

0.074***

0.086***

0.072***

0.088***

(0.016)

(0.021)

(0.016)

(0.022)

Child is a girl

-0.018*

-0.017*

-0.015

-0.017

(0.010)

(0.010)

(0.010)

(0.011)

Birth order

0.013***

0.012***

0.011***

0.011**

(0.004)

(0.004)

(0.004)

(0.004)

Born in hospital/health center

-0.089**

-0.067

-0.060

-0.038

(0.037)

(0.045)

(0.037)

(0.043)

Mother's schooling in years

-0.013***

-0.015***

-0.013***

-0.015***

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.002)

Mother works

-0.013

-0.024**

-0.017

-0.030**

(0.011)

(0.012)

(0.011)

(0.012)

One parent born abroad

0.102***

0.075**

0.118***

0.102***

(0.026)

(0.030)

(0.026)

(0.035)

Rural area

0.014

0.022

-0.001

0.014

(0.013)

(0.014)

(0.015)

(0.017)

No water/electricity

0.018

-0.004

0.063**

0.027

(0.029)

(0.027)

(0.031)

(0.034)

Health center far away

0.013

0.013

0.011

0.012

(0.011)

(0.012)

(0.011)

(0.013)

Vaccinated in a campaign

-0.003

-0.005

-0.013

-0.014

(0.011)

(0.012)

(0.011)

(0.012)

Dist to immun center in km

-0.004

-0.005

-0.003

-0.004

(0.003)

(0.003)

(0.003)

(0.004)

Immun cent attends morning/afternoon

0.003

0.005

-0.000

-0.003

(0.011)

(0.011)

(0.012)

(0.013)

Constant

0.177***

 

0.182***

 

(0.034)

 

(0.034)

 

Household dummies

No

No

No

No

Province dummies

Yes

Yes

No

No

Municipality dummies

No

No

Yes

Yes

Observations

5157

5157

5157

5157

R 2

0.232

 

0.282

 

Pseudo R 2

 

0.219

 

0.258

  1. Notes: Marginal effects. Robust standard errors in parentheses. * p < 0.1, ** p < 0.05, *** p < 0.01