Table 1 Sample means and sources of variation in province characteristics
Mean | Standard deviation | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall | Between-province | Within-province | ||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |
Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) | 29.83 | (38.37) | (34.22) | (18.33) |
GDP per capita (RMB) | 34,086.08 | (22,754.69) | (17,085.12) | (15,316.27) |
Socioeconomic condition | ||||
Average annual household consumption (RMB) | 11,918.68 | (8083.85) | (5931.95) | (5586.68) |
Proportion of illiteracy (%) | 7.90 | (6.62) | (6.36) | (2.14) |
Proportion of college educated (%) | 9.99 | (6.50) | (5.85) | (3.01) |
Health resource allocation | ||||
Public budget in health sector per capita (RMB) | 495.19 | (375.44) | (187.95) | (326.62) |
Density of health providers in specialized maternal and child health hospitals (per 10,000 population) | 1.57 | (0.60) | (0.46) | (0.40) |
Density of specialized maternal and child health hospitals (per 1,000,000 population) | 3.05 | (3.03) | (3.06) | (0.29) |
Density of bedsize in maternal and child health hospitals (per 100,000 population) | 10.14 | (5.08) | (3.37) | (3.85) |
Access to health care | ||||
Maternity health insurance coverage (%) | 49.32 | (14.73) | (9.81) | (11.11) |
Premarital check-up (%) | 27.46 | (30.53) | (17.00) | (25.53) |
Maternal health profiles creation rate (%) | 91.67 | (8.53) | (6.76) | (5.32) |
Coverage of maternal systematic management (%) | 82.29 | (14.34) | (11.50) | (8.79) |
Prenatal check-up (%) | 92.51 | (7.19) | (5.79) | (4.37) |
Postpartum visit rate (%) | 89.26 | (9.56) | (7.89) | (5.57) |
Hospital delivery rate (%) | 93.93 | (11.34) | (8.03) | (8.14) |
Delivery attended by professionals rate (%) | 98.47 | (4.07) | (3.18) | (2.59) |
Observations | 403 | |||