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Table 5 Ordered logit regression on determinants of health equity among households in Tanzania

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

Variable

Coefficients

Three levels of equity (Rural)

Three levels of equity (Urban)

Low equity

Moderate equity

High equity

Low equity

Moderate equity

High equity

Sex

-0.332***

(0.020)

-0.112**

(0.016)

-0.140**

(0.018)

-0.195*

(0.080)

-0.174*

(0.008)

0.155**

(0.014)

0.140**

(0.011)

Age

0.300

(0.414)

0.321

(0.582)

0.047

(0.109)

0.285

(0.261)

0.056*

(0.016)

0.097**

(0.022)

0.069**

(0.018)

Household size

-0.002***

(0.000)

0.248

(0.103)

0.082**

(0.005)

0.009**

(0.001)

0.145**

(0.040)

0.084**

(0.004)

-0.109**

(0.010)

Marital status

-0.011

(0. 802)

-0.217**

(0.028)

0.084**

(0.004)

0.168**

(0.032)

-0.225*

(0.100)

0.125**

(0.020)

0.196**

(0.007)

Education

0.198**

(0. 022)

-0.371**

(0.081)

0.097*

(0.034)

0.153***

(0.000)

-0.278*

(0.101)

0.109**

(0.016)

0.237**

(0.098)

User fee

-0.066***

(0.008)

0.110**

(0.028)

-0.040**

(0.002)

-0.259**

(0.101)

0.209**

(0.089)

-0.107*

(0.013)

-0.250**

(0.072)

Out of pocket

-0.249***

(0.009)

0.289**

(0.004)

-0.015**

(0.003)

-0.089**

(0.007)

0.361**

(0.100)

-0.052*

(0.010)

-0.217**

(0.016)

Household income

0.180***

(0.004)

-0.381**

(0.125)

0.140***

(0.011)

0.209**

(0.026)

-0.179**

(0.023)

0.114***

(0.001)

0.230***

(0.072)

Distance to health facility

-0.063**

(0.010)

0.131**

(0.009)

0.114

(0.137)

0.044*

(0.011)

0.108***

(0.000)

-0.193**

(0.014)

-0.215**

(0.022)

Employment

0.181***

(0.011)

-0.408**

(0.117)

0.099*

(0.024)

0.126**

(0.007)

0.104*

(0.010)

-0.180**

(0.035)

0.122**

(0.003)

Sickness

-0.210***

(0 .008)

0.165***

(0.002)

-0.015

(0.188)

-0.151

(0.163)

0.005**

(0.001)

-0.126**

(0.026)

-0.195**

(0.019)

Household dependence ratio

0.107***

(0.016)

0.214**

(0.069)

-0.002

(0.186)

-0.294**

(0.114)

0.049**

(0.025)

-0.063**

(0.013)

-0.091**

(0.0029)

Number of observations

  

34,567

Prob > chi squared

  

0.0000

Pseudo R squared

  

0.3602

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