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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of facility and patients’ characteristics (n = 1407)

From: An equity analysis on the household costs of accessing and utilising maternal and child health care services in Tanzania

Characteristics

Description

Mean [SD]

Mean in %

Panel A: Facility characteristics

 Facility ownership

=1 for public owned

 

81.9

 Facility level of care

=1 for dispensary

 

67.7

 Staffing level

Number of staff

17.2 [32.5]

 

Panel B: Clients’ individual and household characteristics

 Age of woman

Maternal age (15–49) years

26.8 [7.0]

 

 Age of a child

Child age in months

15.6 [13.4]

 

 Marital status

=1 for married woman

 

68.0

 Education

=1 for primary education/above

 

72.4

 Occupation

=1 for farming activities

 

59.7

 Religion

=1 for Muslim woman

 

73.2

 Household size

Number of household members

5.9 [3.0]

 

 Health insurance status

=1 for any insurance at household

 

8.9

 Place of residence

=1 for rural district resident

 

82.8

 Household socioeconomic status (SES)

  SES –quintile 1

=1 for poorest household

 

20.0

  SES –quintile 2

=1 for poor household

 

19.9

  SES –quintile 3

=1 for middle wealth household

 

20.0

  SES –quintile 4

=1 for less poor household

 

19.9

  SES –quintile 5

=1 for least poor household

 

19.9

  1. Reference categories of facility type include public vs. non-public facility, dispensary vs. health centres and hospitals
  2. SD Standard Deviation