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Table 2 Regression coefficients for maternal mortality ratio

From: Anatomy of provincial level inequality in maternal mortality in China during 2004–2016: a new decomposition analysis

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Socioeconomic condition

 Average annual household consumption

−0.000

  

−0.000

(0.000)

  

(0.000)

 Proportion of illiteracy

0.186

  

0.887***

(0.882)

  

(0.261)

 Proportion of college educated

−0.344

  

− 0.249

(0.288)

  

(0.250)

Health resource allocation

 Public budget in health sector per capita

 

−0.002

 

− 0.009

 

(0.017)

 

(0.016)

 Density of health providers in specialized maternal and child health hospitals

 

0.055

 

−4.515

 

(6.862)

 

(4.315)

 Density of specialized maternal and child health hospitals

 

7.495

 

7.533

 

(5.250)

 

(4.913)

 Density of bedsize

 

−0.076

 

−0.026

 

(0.058)

 

(0.044)

Access to health care

 Maternity health insurance coverage

  

0.106

0.090

  

(0.095)

(0.070)

 Premarital check-up

  

0.032

0.043

  

(0.037)

(0.040)

 Maternal health profiles creation rate

  

0.668

0.619

  

(0.432)

(0.388)

 Coverage of maternal systematic management

  

0.025

0.025

  

(0.067)

(0.075)

 Prenatal check-up

  

−0.314**

−0.342*

  

(0.140)

(0.168)

 Postpartum visit rate

  

−0.358

−0.296

  

(0.358)

(0.405)

 Hospital delivery rate

  

−0.682***

−0.778***

  

(0.239)

(0.224)

 Delivery attended by professionals rate

  

−1.815**

−1.713**

  

(0.687)

(0.646)

Observations

403

403

403

403

  1. Notes: Each column presents a separate regression. The outcome variable is maternal mortality ratio. All specifications control for province fixed effects, year fixed effects, and province-specific year trends. Standard errors are clustered at province level. ***significant at the 1% level; **significant at the 5% level; *significant at the 10% level