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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 23.
Published in final edited form as: Am Econ J Appl Econ. 2013;5(2):58–85. doi: 10.1257/app.5.2.58
Dependent variable: Indicator tested positive
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
Chance of having HIV- great 0.272 0.247 0.208 0.263
(0.097)** (0.098)* (0.099)* (0.097)**
Chance of having HIV- moderate 0.171 0.156 0.111 0.166
(0.081)* (0.082)+ (0.079) (0.082)*
Chance of having HIV- small 0.077 0.060 0.021 0.069
(0.059) (0.060) (0.061) (0.060)
Chance of having HIV - great or moderate 0.126 0.125 0.120 0.129
(0.043)** (0.043)** (0.043)** (0.043)**
Day of week = Tuesday 0.004 −0.001 0.004 −0.000
(0.057) (0.056) (0.057) (0.056)
Day of week = Wednesday −0.005 0.004 −0.002 0.005
(0.058) (0.059) (0.058) (0.059)
Day of week = Thursday −0.019 −0.041 −0.011 −0.038
(0.052) (0.050) (0.053) (0.050)
Day of week = Friday 0.083 0.073 0.089 0.077
(0.072) (0.071) (0.072) (0.072)
Day of the month 0.006 0.001 0.005 0.001
(0.009) (0.009) (0.009) (0.009)
Day of the month squared −0.000 −0.000 −0.000 −0.000
(0.000) (0.000) (0.000) (0.000)
Quarter of conception ==2 0.006 0.018 0.004 0.017
(0.047) (0.048) (0.047) (0.048)
Quarter of conception ==3 0.069 0.089 0.073 0.092
(0.057) (0.060) (0.057) (0.060)
Quarter of conception ==4 −0.120 −0.115 −0.126 −0.118
(0.054)* (0.054)* (0.052)* (0.052)*
Age in years 0.087 0.087
(0.027)** (0.026)**
Age in years, squared −0.001 −0.001
(0.000)** (0.000)**
Completed primary school −0.049 −0.045
(0.041) (0.041)
Married −0.073 −0.079
(0.061) (0.061)
Frequency of church attendance in past four weeks 0.007 0.007
(0.008) (0.008)
Boils drinking water 0.007 0.005
(0.045) (0.046)
# of livestock held at enrollment −0.005 −0.005
(0.005) (0.006)
Lives in a non-thatched house −0.007 −0.009
(0.043) (0.043)
Lives in Maseno division 0.009 0.009
(0.044) (0.044)
Log distance from clinic −0.011 −0.011
(0.031) (0.031)
Observations 453 452 446 446 453 452 446 446
F-Stat:Test No Effect of Priors on Actual Status 12.55 11.41 9.98 12.29
prob>Chi2 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01

Notes: The variables are defined in Table 1. Table reports marginal probit estimates. Tested positive takes value 1 if the subject was tested positive during the pregnancy and 0 if HIV-negative. Standard errors in brackets clustered at the visit date level.

**, * and + indicate statistical significance at the 1, 5 and 10 percent level respectively.