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. 2008 Aug 11;6:16. doi: 10.1186/1478-7547-6-16

Table 6.

Interval regression. WTP determinants for compulsory health insurance (system B)

1 2
Coef. z P > |z| Coef. z P > |z|

Head .0621513 0.87 0.382 .042933 0.66 0.507
Male .0785897 1.12 0.261 .029905 0.47 0.638
Age -.0106958 -3.83 0.000 -.0102374 -4.03 0.000
Farmer -.0367228 -0.51 0.613 -.1386146 -2.09 0.036
Morethanprimary .1528767 2.24 0.025 .1391636 2.25 0.025
Membershh .1107999 5.35 0.000 .0826442 4.38 0.000
Children .0003272 0.01 0.995 -.0011396 -0.03 0.979
Elderly -.0356463 -0.65 0.518 -.0058438 -0.12 0.907
Chronic .1734691 2.43 0.015 .062738 0.97 0.335
Hcneed -.1701406 -1.67 0.095 -.0932201 -1.00 0.315
Insurexp .0495472 0.61 0.540 -.0144759 -0.20 0.844
Poor -.1165337 -1.28 0.201 -.184308 -2.22 0.027
Rich .1986089 2.45 0.014 .1885194 2.56 0.010
Prefcohi 1.129829 18.86 0.000
Prefvohi .8976605 13.31 0.000
Constant 9.227955 47.50 0.000 8.89968 50.17 0.000
Log likelihood = -5003.2461 Log likelihood = -4809.0038
LR chi2(13) = 111.20 LR chi2(15) = 499.68
Prob > chi2 = 0.0000 Prob > chi2 = 0.0000

Total number of observations = 2022 Total number of observations = 2022

Variable name Description
Prefcohi Prefcohi = 1 if the respondent prefers compulsory health insurance (system B) over the other alternatives. Prefcohi = 0 otherwise.
Prefvohi Prefvohi = 1 if the respondent prefers voluntary health insurance (system C) over the other alternatives. Prefvohi = 0 otherwise

For an explanation of the other variables, see table 1.