Table 3 Effect of lack of birth certificate on number of vaccines (Age 0-59 months)
From: Does birth under-registration reduce childhood immunization? Evidence from the Dominican Republic
Dependent variable | (3.1) | (3.2) | (3.3) | (3.4) | (3.5) | (3.6) | (3.7) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of vaccines received by the child | OLS | OLS | 2SLS | MLE | OLS | 2SLS | MLE |
Child without birth certificate | -0.276 | -0.303*** | -0.572*** | -0.649*** | -0.544** | -0.299*** | -0.755*** |
(0.214) | (0.059) | (0.204) | (0.152) | (0.224) | (0.060) | (0.156) | |
Card (seen) | 0.016 | 0.217*** | 0.207*** | 0.214*** | 0.191*** | 0.237*** | 0.233*** |
(0.291) | (0.047) | (0.047) | (0.043) | (0.050) | (0.047) | (0.042) | |
Aged 0-2 months | -4.950*** | -6.040*** | -5.956*** | -5.935*** | -5.855*** | -5.992*** | -5.852*** |
(0.780) | (0.098) | (0.113) | (0.141) | (0.116) | (0.103) | (0.141) | |
Aged 3-6 months | -3.800*** | -3.915*** | -3.886*** | -3.879*** | -3.836*** | -3.923*** | -3.875*** |
(0.282) | (0.076) | (0.078) | (0.068) | (0.083) | (0.077) | (0.067) | |
Aged 7-12 months | -1.304*** | -1.269*** | -1.244*** | -1.237*** | -1.194*** | -1.278*** | -1.235*** |
(0.220) | (0.071) | (0.074) | (0.064) | (0.078) | (0.072) | (0.064) | |
Child is a girl | -0.085 | 0.026 | 0.022 | 0.020 | -0.055 | 0.011 | 0.002 |
(0.110) | (0.037) | (0.037) | (0.037) | (0.049) | (0.037) | (0.036) | |
Birth order | -0.016 | -0.055*** | -0.055*** | -0.055*** | -0.044*** | -0.051*** | -0.050*** |
(0.087) | (0.017) | (0.017) | (0.015) | (0.017) | (0.017) | (0.015) | |
Born in hospital/health center | 0.613 | 0.455** | 0.427** | 0.417*** | 0.495** | 0.540*** | 0.494*** |
(0.706) | (0.199) | (0.199) | (0.141) | (0.198) | (0.203) | (0.142) | |
Mother's schooling in years | 0.026*** | 0.021*** | 0.019*** | 0.020*** | 0.027*** | 0.017*** | |
(0.005) | (0.006) | (0.006) | (0.006) | (0.005) | (0.006) | ||
Mother Works | -0.006 | -0.011 | -0.011 | -0.097 | 0.012 | 0.006 | |
(0.042) | (0.041) | (0.042) | (0.070) | (0.042) | (0.042) | ||
One parent born abroad | 0.119 | -0.502*** | -0.430*** | -0.414*** | -0.366*** | -0.450*** | -0.336*** |
(0.180) | (0.134) | (0.141) | (0.102) | (0.141) | (0.133) | (0.103) | |
Rural area | 0.025 | 0.039 | 0.042 | -0.147 | 0.053 | 0.077 | |
(0.042) | (0.044) | (0.043) | (0.134) | (0.047) | (0.047) | ||
No water/electricity | -0.696*** | -0.679*** | -0.676*** | -0.693*** | -0.787*** | -0.768*** | |
(0.150) | (0.151) | (0.108) | (0.164) | (0.165) | (0.115) | ||
Health center far away | -0.120*** | -0.117*** | -0.115*** | -0.076 | -0.124*** | -0.118*** | |
(0.043) | (0.043) | (0.042) | (0.051) | (0.045) | (0.043) | ||
Vaccinated in a campaign | 0.221 | 0.059 | 0.056 | 0.057 | 0.117** | 0.074* | 0.072* |
(0.222) | (0.042) | (0.042) | (0.042) | (0.052) | (0.043) | (0.042) | |
Dist to immun center in km | -0.006 | -0.005 | -0.005 | -0.018 | -0.020 | -0.019 | |
(0.010) | (0.010) | (0.010) | (0.012) | (0.012) | (0.012) | ||
Immun cent attends morning/afternoon | 0.050 | 0.051 | 0.051 | -0.006 | 0.032 | 0.034 | |
(0.041) | (0.041) | (0.041) | (0.052) | (0.045) | (0.043) | ||
Constant | 7.307*** | 7.012*** | 7.098*** | 7.117*** | 6.288*** | 6.981*** | 7.118*** |
(0.277) | (0.136) | (0.149) | (0.136) | (0.485) | (0.138) | (0.135) | |
Household dummies | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Province dummies | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Municipality dummies | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Observations | 5157 | 5157 | 5157 | 5157 | 5157 | 5157 | 5157 |
R 2 | 0.948 | 0.556 | 0.553 | 0.653 | 0.581 | ||
Under-identification test: | |||||||
Kleibergen-Paap rk LM stat | 220.9 | 220.4 | |||||
Weak identification tests: | |||||||
Cragg-Donald Wald F stat | 255.4 | 244.3 | |||||
Kleibergen-Paap rk Wald F | 154.5 | 147.5 | |||||
Over identification test: | |||||||
Hansen P-value | 0.788 | ||||||