Table 9 Decomposition of the Rural-Urban Differential in Utilisation of Health Care among Elderly Population in India (2017–18)
Healthcare Utilisation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Coefficient | % | P > |z| | |
Rural Mean | 0.8899 | ||
Urban Mean | 0.9607 | ||
Rural-urban gap | −0.0708 | ||
Contributions from rural-urban differences in: | |||
Age | 0.00000043 | −0.0006 | 0.999 |
Sex | 0.0013 | −1.80 | 0.371 |
Social Group | −0.0025 | 3.56 | 0.177 |
Marital Status | −0.0003 | 0.47 | 0.733 |
Religion | 0.0001 | −0.08 | 0.819 |
Education | −0.0160*** | 22.58 | 0.000 |
Economic Dependence | −0.0002 | 0.23 | 0.590 |
Economic Status | −0.0128** | 18.10 | 0.016 |
Household size | −0.0000082 | 0.01 | 0.972 |
Living Arrangement | −0.0014 | 2.03 | 0.207 |
Health Insurance | −0.0001 | 0.10 | 0.697 |
Region | −0.0016** | 2.20 | 0.018 |
All included Variables | −0.0336 | 47.41 | |
Unexplained gap | −0.0372 | 52.59 | |