Table 7.
Log-linmodel estimates for the natural log of OOP expenditure for children under five with malaria in Uganda
| ln(out-of-pocket) | Coef | Std. Err | t-stat | P>t | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wealth Index(Poorest) |
|
|
|
|
|
| Poorer |
0.20 |
0.12 |
1.69 |
0.091 |
|
| Middle |
0.03 |
0.13 |
0.26 |
0.798 |
|
| Richer |
0.10 |
0.14 |
0.75 |
0.453 |
|
| Richest |
0.43 |
0.17 |
2.53 |
0.011 |
* |
| Rural |
-0.28 |
0.19 |
-1.48 |
0.140 |
|
| Place first sought treatment (Public facility)$ | |||||
| Private |
-0.10 |
0.09 |
-1.17 |
0.243 |
|
| Traditional healer |
-1.73 |
0.33 |
-5.20 |
0.000 |
** |
| Dont Know |
-0.06 |
0.50 |
-0.11 |
0.909 |
|
| Sought treatment from one source |
-0.56 |
0.13 |
-4.42 |
0.000 |
** |
| Highest educational level (no education) | |||||
| Primary |
-0.26 |
0.10 |
-2.66 |
0.008 |
* |
| Secondary |
0.19 |
0.15 |
1.25 |
0.213 |
|
| Higher |
-0.05 |
0.33 |
-0.14 |
0.885 |
|
| Sub-region (Central 1) | |||||
| central 2 |
-0.13 |
0.20 |
-0.64 |
0.522 |
|
| Kampala |
-0.24 |
0.32 |
-0.74 |
0.458 |
|
| east central |
-0.39 |
0.21 |
-1.86 |
0.063 |
|
| mid eastern |
-0.22 |
0.21 |
-1.04 |
0.299 |
|
| north east |
-0.56 |
0.21 |
-2.68 |
0.007 |
* |
| mid northern |
-1.02 |
0.20 |
-4.98 |
0.000 |
** |
| west nile |
-0.96 |
0.21 |
-4.64 |
0.000 |
** |
| mid western |
0.25 |
0.22 |
1.13 |
0.261 |
|
| south western |
0.31 |
0.24 |
1.31 |
0.192 |
|
| Normal duties disrupted |
0.49 |
0.09 |
5.70 |
0.000 |
** |
| Constant |
9.44 |
0.48 |
19.73 |
0.000 |
|
| Number of observations |
|
|
|
936 |
|
| Adj R-squared |
|
|
|
0.21 |
|
| F(22, 913) | 12.6 | ||||
** Statistically significant at 1% level.
*Statistically significant at 5% level.