Table 5 Regression Results – Effect of Health-Shock on WTP for Corrective Eyeglasses
| Â | [1] | [2] | [3] | [4] | [5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unmatched | 1 to 1 (Replaced) Matched Sub-Sample | Weighted by Propensity Scores | |||
Without-Health Shock | With-Health Shock | Entire Sample | Entire Sample | ||
Age | −10.14** | −6.49 | −9.37*** | −2.36 | −8.54** |
(0.02) | (0.33) | (0.01) | (0.59) | (0.03) | |
Age Squared | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.06 | −0.01 | 0.06 |
(0.23) | (0.55) | (0.13) | (0.87) | (0.20) | |
=1 if Female | −153.20*** | −15.78 | −112.41*** | −26.43 | −84.68** |
(0.00) | (0.79) | (0.00) | (0.56) | (0.05) | |
=1 if Married | 0.99 | −58.11 | −9.17 | −13.89 | −64.51* |
(0.98) | (0.29) | (0.75) | (0.72) | (0.07) | |
Education | |||||
 None | Base | Base | Base | Base | Base |
 Primary | 3.26 | 79.61 | 18.54 | 53.11 | 38.44 |
(0.91) | (0.18) | (0.46) | (0.23) | (0.25) | |
 Above Primary | 151.51*** | 158.14*** | 148.39*** | 208.18*** | 191.36*** |
(0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | |
=1 if HH has TV | 61.58** | 78.23 | 61.56*** | 50.37 | 113.41*** |
(0.02) | (0.12) | (0.01) | (0.18) | (0.00) | |
=1 if HH has Mobile Phone | 172.68*** | 99.11 | 173.58*** | 284.30*** | 205.18*** |
(0.00) | (0.35) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | |
Land Owned (Decimal, Standardized) | 57.87*** | 43.84 | 56.99*** | 44.73*** | 44.20** |
(0.00) | (0.10) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.01) | |
HH Income (BDT, Standardized) | 132.31*** | 81.40*** | 113.86*** | 118.61*** | 84.73** |
(0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.02) | |
Respondent’s Contribution to HH Income (%) | 8.37 | 91.18 | 34.35 | 85.24 | 60.28 |
(0.87) | (0.21) | (0.40) | (0.14) | (0.31) | |
Family Size | |||||
 1–2 Member(s) | Base | Base | Base | Base | Base |
 3–4 | 5.02 | 47.41 | 13.70 | −87.16* | −48.73 |
(0.88) | (0.47) | (0.65) | (0.08) | (0.21) | |
 5 or More | 25.21 | 52.48 | 35.04 | −29.31 | −24.31 |
(0.51) | (0.42) | (0.28) | (0.56) | (0.58) | |
Occupation | |||||
 Wage Worker | Base | Base | Base | Base | Base |
 Self Employed | 183.66*** | 229.41* | 180.21*** | 241.20*** | 201.79*** |
(0.00) | (0.06) | (0.00) | (0.01) | (0.00) | |
 Garment Worker | 246.48*** | 238.82 | 235.74*** | 87.57 | 205.33*** |
(0.00) | (0.12) | (0.00) | (0.43) | (0.00) | |
 Service | 139.12*** | 135.33 | 112.01*** | 59.39 | 115.27** |
(0.00) | (0.24) | (0.01) | (0.48) | (0.02) | |
 Homemaker | 160.30*** | 197.98 | 157.07*** | 160.76* | 177.64*** |
(0.00) | (0.13) | (0.00) | (0.09) | (0.01) | |
 Others | 77.94* | 139.08 | 71.29* | 110.65 | 68.26 |
(0.06) | (0.25) | (0.06) | (0.21) | (0.19) | |
Starting Bid | |||||
 BDT. 400 | Base | Base | Base | Base | Base |
 BDT. 600 | 21.56 | 81.05* | 34.87 | 70.01** | 39.28 |
(0.43) | (0.08) | (0.14) | (0.05) | (0.20) | |
 BDT. 800 | 40.97 | 93.54** | 54.05** | 61.77* | 57.09* |
(0.14) | (0.05) | (0.02) | (0.08) | (0.08) | |
=1 if Diagnosed Patient | Â | Â | 179.41*** | 161.53*** | 155.15*** |
– | – | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | |
No. of Observations | 1560 | 558 | 2118 | 1116 | 2118 |