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Table 1 Descriptive statistics by wealth group

From: Utilisation of health services and the poor: deconstructing wealth-based differences in facility-based delivery in the Philippines

Variable

Poor (P)

Non-Poor (NP)

  
 

Mean

S.D.

Mean

S.D.

Differential NP-P

S.E.

 

Dependent variables

       

Facility-based delivery

0.41

(0.49)

0.75

(0.44)

0.34

(0.02)

***

Supply factor

       

Distance to health facility

0.43

(0.49)

0.20

(0.40)

−0.23

(0.02)

***

Socioeconomic factors

       

Mother’s Education:

       

 None

0.03

(0.17)

0.002

(0.04)

−0.03

(0.005)

***

 Incomplete Primary

0.20

(0.40)

0.021

(0.14)

−0.18

(0.01)

***

 Complete Primary

0.16

(0.37)

0.052

(0.22)

−0.11

(0.01)

***

 Secondary or more

0.61

(0.49)

0.925

(0.26)

0.32

(0.02)

***

Partner’s Education:

       

 None

0.04

(0.19)

0.003

(0.06)

−0.03

(0.006)

***

 Incomplete Primary

0.29

(0.45)

0.03

(0.18)

−0.25

(0.01)

***

 Complete Primary

0.18

(0.38)

0.06

(0.23)

−0.12

(0.01)

***

 Secondary or more

0.48

(0.50)

0.86

(0.35)

0.38

(0.01)

***

Mother watches television

0.57

(0.49)

0.91

(0.29)

0.33

(0.02)

***

Mother’s Employment

       

 Agriculture

0.16

(0.36)

0.02

(0.13)

−0.14

(0.01)

***

 None

0.56

(0.50)

0.46

(0.50)

−0.10

(0.02)

***

 Manual

0.09

(0.28)

0.10

(0.31)

0.02

(0.01)

 

 Professional

0.19

(0.40)

0.42

(0.49)

0.23

(0.01)

***

Partner’s Employment

       

 Agriculture

0.49

(0.50)

0.09

(0.29)

−0.40

(0.02)

***

 None

0.01

(0.11)

0.02

(0.13)

0.01

(0.004)

 

 Manual

0.38

(0.49)

0.46

(0.50)

0.08

(0.02)

***

 Professional

0.10

(0.30)

0.39

(0.49)

0.28

(0.01)

***

Maternal factors

       

Multiple birth

0.01

(0.12)

0.01

(0.12)

−0.00

(0.004)

 

Previously term. preg.

0.18

(0.39)

0.15

(0.36)

−0.03

(0.01)

**

Child’s birth order

       

 1

0.22

(0.42)

0.39

(0.49)

0.17

(0.01)

***

 2-4

0.50

(0.50)

0.53

(0.50)

0.03

(0.01)

**

  > 4

0.28

(0.45)

0.09

(0.28)

−0.19

(0.01)

***

Mother’s age at birth

       

 15-19

0.12

(0.33)

0.12

(0.33)

0.00

(0.01)

 

 20-29

0.50

(0.50)

0.52

(0.50)

0.02

(0.01)

 

 30-49

0.38

(0.48)

0.36

(0.48)

−0.02

(0.01)

 

Sociocultural factors

       

Religion

       

 Catholic

0.71

(0.45)

0.84

(0.36)

0.13

(0.02)

***

 Protestant

0.06

(0.25)

0.04

(0.19)

−0.03

(0.01)

***

 Islam

0.12

(0.33)

0.03

(0.16)

−0.09

(0.02)

***

 Other

0.11

(0.31)

0.09

(0.29)

−0.01

(0.01)

 

Mother’s Marital Status

       

 Married

0.67

(0.47)

0.59

(0.49)

−0.08

(0.02)

***

 Living together

0.29

(0.46)

0.30

(0.46)

0.01

(0.02)

 

 Other

0.04

(0.20)

0.11

(0.31)

0.07

(0.01)

***

Geography

       

 NCR

0.04

(0.19)

0.25

(0.44)

0.22

(0.02)

***

 CAR

0.01

(0.10)

0.02

(0.14)

0.01

(0.004)

**

 Ilocos

0.05

(0.21)

0.04

(0.21)

−0.00

(0.01)

 

 Cagayan Valley

0.04

(0.20)

0.03

(0.18)

−0.01

(0.01)

 

 Central Luzon

0.06

(0.23)

0.13

(0.33)

0.07

(0.01)

***

 CALABARZON

0.07

(0.25)

0.18

(0.39)

0.12

(0.02)

***

 MIMAROPA

0.04

(0.20)

0.01

(0.12)

−0.03

(0.01)

***

 Bicol

0.09

(0.28)

0.04

(0.20)

−0.04

(0.01)

***

 Western Visayas

0.09

(0.29)

0.05

(0.21)

−0.05

(0.01)

***

 Central Visayas

0.08

(0.27)

0.05

(0.23)

−0.02

(0.01)

*

 Eastern Visayas

0.05

(0.22)

0.03

(0.16)

−0.03

(0.01)

**

 Zamboanga Peninsula

0.07

(0.25)

0.03

(0.17)

−0.04

(0.01)

***

 Northern Mindanao

0.07

(0.25)

0.03

(0.16)

−0.04

(0.01)

***

 Davao Peninsula

0.07

(0.25)

0.05

(0.21)

−0.02

(0.01)

*

 SOCCSKSARGEN

0.07

(0.25)

0.03

(0.16)

−0.04

(0.01)

***

 Caraga

0.04

(0.21)

0.02

(0.15)

−0.02

(0.01)

***

 ARMM

0.07

(0.26)

0.004

(0.06)

−0.07

(0.01)

***

Obs.

3,873

 

3,248

    
  1. Notes: Poor and non-poor groups are defined by the bottom two quintiles and top three quintiles, respectively. Differentials are proportional differences. Tests on the equality of proportions are two-tailed and (*), (**) and (***) represent statistical significance at 10 %, 5 % and 1 % levels, respectively. S.D., standard deviation; S.E., standard error; Obs., observations; term. preg., terminated pregnancy