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Table 4 Determinants of social health protection (Insurance coverage)

From: Equity in the public social healthcare protection in Tanzania: does it matter on household healthcare financing?

Variable

Rural

Urban

Pooled

Marginal effects (dy/dx)

Sex

0.437

(0.583)

-0.124***

(0.003)

-0.096**

(0.008)

Age

0.007***

(0.000)

0.214***

(0.021)

0.129***

(0.016)

Household size

-0.342*

(0.109)

0.168***

(0.005)

0.188***

(0.016)

Marital status

0.274**

(0.013)

-0.109**

(0.018)

0.181*

(0.075)

Education

0.041**

(0.002)

0.162***

(0.002)

0.098***

(0.000)

User fee

-0.205**

(0.000)

-0.128***

(0.000)

-0.103***

(0.005)

Out of pocket

-0.341*

(0.137)

-0.118***

(0.015)

-0.109***

(0.003)

Household income

0.099**

(0.045)

0.266***

(0.102)

0.392**

(0.092)

Distance to health facility

-0.242*

(0.094)

-0.357***

(0.090)

-0.1491***

(0.002)

Employment

0.362***

(0.009)

0.105***

(0.021)

0.195*

(0.003)

Sickness

0.083*

(0.032)

0.207***

(0.012)

0.095***

(0.017)

Household dependence ratio

-0.340*

(0.112)

-0.144***

(0.002)

-0.191**

(0.049)

Number of observations

23,562

11,005

34,567

Prob > chi squared

0.0000

0.0006

0.0072

Pseudo R squared

0.3782

0.3954

0.4024

  1. Standard errors in parentheses
  2. *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1