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Table 4 Marginal effect of each variable associated with CHE incidence

From: The comparison of catastrophic health expenditure and its inequality between urban and rural households in China

Variables

Urban households

Rural households

dy/dxb

Std. Err.

dy/dxb

Std. Err.

Lagged CHE

0.0567**

0.0119

0.1144*

0.0567

Lnincome

− 0.0270**

0.0033

− 0.0179*

0.0079

Household size

−0.0142**

0.0022

−0.0221*

0.0090

Inpatient, yes

0.1153**

0.0068

0.1458*

0.0607

Elderly members, yes

0.0117

0.0087

0.0276*

0.0135

Chronic diseases, yes

0.0241**

0.0070

0.0306*

0.0143

Supplementary medical insurance, yes

−0.0547**

0.0187

−0.0441

0.0315

Geographic location

 Easta

  Central

0.0013

0.0078

−0.0132

0.0099

  West

−0.0188

0.0097

−0.0208

0.0120

  Gender of household head, male

0.0128

0.0084

0.0117

0.0098

  Age

0.0001

0.0018

−0.0023

0.0021

  Age square

0.0000

0.0000

0.0001*

0.0001

Education of household head

 Illiteratea

  Primary school

−0.0083

0.0103

−0.0198

0.0116

  Middle school

−0.0290**

0.0100

−0.0298*

0.0151

  High school and above

−0.0343**

0.0109

−0.0270

0.0163

Marriage of household head, married

−0.0033

0.0097

0.0183

0.0130

Employment status of household head, employed

−0.0167*

0.0078

−0.0344*

0.0166

Self-assessed health status of household head, healthy

−0.0447**

0.0069

−0.0552*

0.0238

Smoking, yes

−0.0082

0.0091

0.0004

0.0085

Drinking, yes

−0.0209*

0.0102

−0.0287

0.0150

  1. Note: a Reference group; b Marginal effect; * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01