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Table 1 Definition of variables and econometric results of health cost function

From: Occupational hazards and health cost of women cotton pickers in Pakistani Punjab

Variables

Unit

Mean (SD)

Coefficients (SE)

Age (lnAGE)

Years

37 (11)

0.51 (0.43)

Education (lnEDU)

Schooling years

2.7 (3.2)

0.38 (0.18)**

Picking on Bt cotton fields (bt_notbt)

1 = Bt cotton fields

0.7 (0.4)

−0.53 (0.32)*

Precautionary measures (PC)

1 = precautionary measures

0.3 (0.5)

1.32 (0.29)***

Distance from hospital (lnDIST)

Km

2.4 (2.2)

−0.32 (0.23)

Constant

  

2.61 (1.50)***

R2

  

0.10

F value

  

5.43*

  1. Standard deviations and standard errors in parentheses
  2. * p < 0.10
  3. ** p < 0.05
  4. *** p < 0.01