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Table 3 Probit regression results for primary care variables

From: Determinants of ethnic differences in the uptake of child healthcare services in New Zealand: a decomposition analysis

  

Seen doctor / GP while pregnant

First choice LMC

Satisfied with usual GP practice (age 9 months)

Satisfied with usual GP practice (age 2 years)

Unadjusted model

Adjusted model

Unadjusted model

Adjusted model

Unadjusted model

Adjusted model

Unadjusted model

Adjusted model

SM = 0.794

SM = 0.875

SM = 0.680

SM = 0.675

Ethnicity

Māori

-0.013

(0.019)

-0.026

(0.021)

-0.017

(0.016)

0.008

(0.018)

-0.037a

(0.020)

-0.009

(0.022)

-0.087c

(0.019)

-0.064c

(0.022)

Pacific peoples

0.116c

(0.021)

0.096c

(0.026)

-0.086c

(0.014)

-0.065c

(0.019)

0.062c

(0.021)

0.049b

(0.025)

-0.003

(0.020)

-0.006

(0.023)

Asian

0.088c

(0.019)

0.098c

(0.024)

-0.068c

(0.013)

-0.067c

(0.018)

-0.003

(0.019)

-0.011

(0.024)

-0.039b

(0.019)

-0.056b

(0.024)

Other ethnicity

0.008

(0.032)

0.016

(0.033)

0.001

(0.028)

0.009

(0.029)

-0.014

(0.035)

-0.013

(0.036)

0.068a

(0.037)

0.054

(0.038)

Mother

Current age (years)

  

-0.004c

(0.001)

  

-0.001

(0.001)

  

0.002

(0.001)

  

0.002

(0.001)

Current weight (kg)

  

0.001b

(0.000)

  

-0.001c

(0.000)

        

Disability status

  

0.049a

(0.026)

  

-0.028

(0.019)

  

-0.011

(0.032)

  

0.029

(0.032)

Smokes regularly

  

-0.043a

(0.023)

  

-0.038b

(0.018)

  

-0.028

(0.021)

  

-0.017

(0.021)

Child

Girl

          

0.001

(0.013)

  

0.000

(0.013)

Birthweight (grams)

          

0.000

(0.000)

  

-0.00001

(0.000)

First child

  

0.020

(0.015)

  

-0.017

(0.012)

  

-0.001

(0.017)

  

-0.009

(0.016)

Child health/developmental concern

          

0.004

(0.021)

  

-0.038

(0.024)

Socio-economic

Mother’s employment

  

-0.003

(0.014)

  

0.007

(0.011)

  

-0.030b

(0.014)

  

-0.015

(0.014)

Mother’s post-graduate qualification

  

0.011

(0.016)

  

0.007

(0.014)

  

-0.024

(0.018)

  

0.025

(0.018)

Household income < NZ$ 50 K (Omitted > 100 K)

  

-0.044b

(0.02)

  

-0.013

(0.016)

  

-0.038b

(0.020)

  

-0.036a

(0.020)

Household income >  = NZ$ 50 K & <  = 100 K

  

-0.02

(0.014)

  

-0.003

(0.012)

  

-0.040c

(0.016)

  

-0.039b

(0.016)

Household

Partner

  

-0.047

(0.037)

  

0.029

(0.027)

  

0.005

(0.027)

  

-0.008

(0.024)

NZ born mother

  

0.012

(0.016)

  

0.001

(0.013)

  

-0.008

(0.017)

  

-0.018

(0.017)

Household size (number)

  

0.002

(0.005)

  

0.004

(0.004)

        

Number of people >  = 18 years

          

0.001

(0.007)

    

Number of people < 18 years

          

0.001

(0.008)

    

Number of siblings

              

0.000

(0.006)

Mobility

Numbers of residential moves

  

0.006

(0.004)

  

0.000

(0.003)

  

-0.012c

(0.004)

  

0.006

(0.010)

Rural location

  

-0.055c

(0.021)

  

0.02

(0.020)

  

-0.064c

(0.024)

  

-0.104c

(0.023)

Local healthcare

          

-0.029

(0.015)

    

Mother self-driving

  

0.010

(0.017)

  

0.022a

(0.013)

  

0.02

(0.018)

  

0.040a

(0.022)

Internet access

                

Social

Discriminated against

  

0.014

(0.015)

  

-0.021a

(0.012)

  

-0.064c

(0.015)

  

-0.056c

(0.022)

Discouraged to immunise

  

-0.006

(0.018)

  

-0.017

(0.014)

  

-0.056c

(0.019)

  

-0.034a

(0.020)

Encouraged to immunise

  

0.037c

(0.013)

  

-0.001

(0.011)

  

0.035c

(0.014)

  

0.026a

(0.014)

Childcare services

          

0.002

(0.020)

  

-0.013

(0.015)

 

Observations

4527

4527

4527

4527

5341

5341

5332

5332

  1. The above table presents marginal effects from Probit models. The robust standard errors are reported within parentheses
  2. SM Sample mean
  3. c, b, adenote the coefficients are significantly different from zero at the 1%, 5%, and 10% level respectively. The ethnicity information is derived from self-prioritised ethnicity