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Table 8 Factors affecting the selection of health insurance among farmers from Complementary log-log binomial model

From: Health Uninsurance in rural America: a partial equilibrium analysis

Dependent Variable (Health Insurance Choice)

Coefficient (Std Error)

Years of Experience

0.001***

(0.000)

Age of Operator

0.003***

(0.001)

Number of Dependents

0.016***

(0.006)

Net Worth of Operator

−0.003**

(0.002)

Total assets of Operator

−0.001

(0.002)

Annual Health Care Spending by Operator

0.051***

(0.012)

Highest Educational Level

 Some College

0.045

(0.029)

 College and above

0.120***

(0.032)

Significant Health Condition in Past 5 years

−0.075***

(0.015)

Desire for Dental Insurance Coverage

0.003***

(0.001)

Desire for Vision Insurance Coverage

0.009***

(0.003)

Health risk attitudes

0.002

(0.006)

Crop risk attitudes

−0.01

(0.007)

Herfindahl-Hirschman Index

−0.100

(0.069)

Constant

−0.986***

(0.134)

Log-Likelihood function

−550.166

Number of Observations

774

AIC

1.4604

BIC

− 4983.7730