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Table 3 Logit regressions for facility-based delivery

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

Specification

(1)

(2)

(3)

Sample used

Non-Poor

Poor

Pooled

Supply-side

      

Distance to facility

0.739

***

0.780

***

0.757

***

 

(0.09)

 

(0.07)

 

(0.06)

 

Socioeconomic factors

      

Mother’s education (omitted: none)

     

 Incomplete Primary

0.979

 

1.720

 

1.634

 
 

(1.22)

 

(0.77)

 

(0.65)

 

 Complete Primary

1.058

 

2.098

 

1.960

*

 

(1.27)

 

(0.98)

 

(0.80)

 

 Secondary or more

1.312

 

2.690

**

2.493

**

 

(1.53)

 

(1.24)

 

(1.00)

 

Partner’s education (omitted: none)

    

 Incomplete Primary

0.532

 

1.478

 

1.247

 
 

(0.40)

 

(0.52)

 

(0.37)

 

 Complete Primary

0.503

 

1.394

 

1.179

 
 

(0.35)

 

(0.52)

 

(0.36)

 

 Secondary or more

0.694

 

1.997

*

1.675

*

 

(0.48)

 

(0.71)

 

(0.49)

 

Mother watches TV

1.184

**

1.519

***

1.397

***

 

(0.20)

 

(0.14)

 

(0.11)

 

Mother’s Employment (omitted: agriculture)

     

 None

2.327

***

1.694

***

1.739

***

 

(0.72)

 

(0.25)

 

(0.24)

 

 Manual

2.444

***

1.632

**

1.750

***

 

(0.82)

 

(0.34)

 

(0.30)

 

 Professional

2.496

***

1.884

***

1.931

***

 

(0.77)

 

(0.31)

 

(0.27)

 

Partner’s Employment (omitted: agriculture)

     

 None

3.269

**

1.895

 

2.400

***

 

(1.51)

 

(0.77)

 

(0.68)

 

 Manual

1.615

***

1.315

**

1.387

***

 

(0.27)

 

(0.14)

 

(0.13)

 

 Professional

2.496

***

1.705

***

2.166

***

 

(0.51)

 

(0.27)

 

(0.25)

 

Maternal factors

      

Multiple birth

2.753

*

3.970

***

3.548

***

 

(1.44)

 

(1.68)

 

(1.25)

 

Previously terminated pregnancy

0.943

 

0.849

 

0.882

 
 

(0.13)

 

(0.10)

 

(0.08)

 

Child’s birth order (omitted: 1)

      

 2-4

0.524

***

0.445

***

0.481

***

 

(0.06)

 

(0.05)

 

(0.04)

 

  > 4

0.209

***

0.329

***

0.286

***

 

(0.04)

 

(0.05)

 

(0.03)

 

Mother’s age at birth (omitted: 15–19)

     

 20-29

1.035

 

1.381

**

1.218

*

 

(0.17)

 

(0.20)

 

(0.14)

 

 30-49

1.749

***

1.948

***

1.888

***

 

(0.34)

 

(0.35)

 

(0.25)

 

Sociocultural factors

      

Religion (omitted: Catholic)

      

 Protestant

1.401

 

0.781

 

0.969

 
 

(0.38)

 

(0.18)

 

(0.16)

 

 Islam

0.573

 

0.487

**

0.526

**

 

(0.16)

 

(0.12)

 

(0.10)

 

 Other

1.139

 

0.740

**

0.899

 
 

(0.11)

 

(0.10)

 

(0.12)

 

Marital status (omitted: married)

      

 Living together

0.822

 

0.913

 

0.861

*

 

(0.11)

 

(0.10)

 

(0.07)

 

 Other

0.628

**

1.203

 

0.772

 
 

(0.13)

 

(0.31)

 

(0.12)

 

Poorest

    

0.597

***

     

(0.05)

 

Pseudo R 2

0.110

 

0.146

 

0.198

 

Obs.

3,248

 

3,873

 

7,121

 
  1. Notes: Estimated odd-ratios are reported with standard errors in parentheses. (*), (**) and (***) represent statistical significance at 10 %, 5 % and 1 % levels, respectively. All specifications include regional dummies and a dummy for missing partner information
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