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. 2013 Mar 27;8(3):e57244. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057244

Table 4. Robustness checks.

Robustness check 1 Robustness check 2 Robustness check 3
Prob that child died in week 1: full sample Prob that child died in neonatal period: sample of mothers who had institutional delivery Prob that child died in neonatal period: sample of mothers who had accessed prenatal care
Distance of village from DH 0.0001***(0.0000) 0.00004*(0.0000) 0.00004** (0.000)
Delivery room at DH −0.0010 (0.0012) −0.0009 (0.0016) −0.0018 (0.0013)
24-hr availability of gyn at DH −0.0011(0.0012) −0.0017(0.0020) −0.0020*(0.0012)
Paediatrician at DH −0.0003(0.0002) −0.0004(0.0004) −0.0003(0.0003)
Distance of village from CHC −0.0000(0.0000) 0.0001(0.0001) −0.0000
Gynaecologists at CHC −0.0000(0.0008) 0.0006(0.0010) 0.0006 (0.0009)
Paediatrician at CHC 0.0009(0.0010) 0.0020 (0.0019) 0.0020*(0.0012)
Operation theatre at CHC 0.0011(0.0010) 0.0016(0.0016) −0.0001(0.0015)
Referral as a share of delivery (PHC) −0.0000(0.0001) −0.0001(0.0001) −0.0000(0.0001)
Operation theatre at PHC −0.0002(0.0008) 0.0014 (0.0015) 0.0006 (0.0012)
Distance of village from PHC −0.0001*(0.0001) −0.0001(0.0001) –0.0001**(0.0001)
Distance to pvt clinic/hospital −0.0000(0.0000) −0.0000(0.0000) −0.0000(0.0000)
State dummy variables Yes Yes Yes
Observations 99,735 34,781 68,483

Standard errors are in parentheses. *** p<0.01, ** p<0.05, * p<0.1. As in Table 3, all socioeconomic and birth related characteristics are included.