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. 2015 Oct 14;10(10):e0140109. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140109

Table 5. Bivariate analysis of predictors of client and staff perceived quality care with marginal effects.

Model 1 Dependent variable: Overall client-perceived quality
Independent variables Coef. Std. Err Marginal Effect + (95%Conf.    Int.)
Technical quality -0.018* 0.005 0.0002 -0.028        -0.007
Age (mean = 45 years) -0.006* 0.003 0.0000 -0.011        -0.000
Females 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
    Males 0.014 0.097 -0.0002 -0.176        0.204
Not married 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
    Married -0.138 0.092 -0.0019 -0.317        0.042
Other religions 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
    Christian religion -0.141 0.127 0.0020 -0.391        0.109
Educated 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
    No formal education -0.056 0.125 0.0008 -0.301        0.189
Public facility 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
    Private facility -0.353** 0.100 0.0049 -0.549        -0.158
Urban location 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
    Rural location 0.684** 0.980 -0.0095 0.492        0.876
Wealth quintile 1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
    Wealth quintile 2 0.420** 0.118 -0.0078 0.188        0.651
    Wealth quintile 3 0.496** 0.127 -0.0089 0.247        0.746
    Wealth quintile 4 0.980** 0.130 -0.0143 0.724        1.236
    Wealth quintile 5 0.915** 0.134 -0.0137 0.652        1.177
Obs. 1,903
Pseudo R2 0.0105
Log Likelihood -7496.86
Prob > chi2 0.0000
Model 2 Dependent variable: Staff-perceived quality
Independent variables Coef. Std. Err Marginal Effect + (95%Conf.    Int.)
Technical quality 0.11** 0.013 -0.0002 0.085        0.137
Age (mean = 39 years) -0.00 0.008 -0.0000 -0.016        0.015
Females 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
    Males 0.19 0.222 -0.0005 -0.248        0.624
Not married 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
    Married health staff -0.29 0.224 -0.3706 -0.725        0.151
Other religions 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
    Christian religion -0.30 0.499 -0.0023 -1.278        0.677
Other qualifications 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
    Tertiary education 0.34 0.209 -0.0002 -0.071        0.748
Clinical staff 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
    Non-clinical staff -0.22 0.285 0.0006 -0.776        0.340
Urban location 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
    Rural location -0.97** 0.225 0.0004 -1.412        -0.529
Public health facility 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
    Private health facility 0.57* 0.226 -0.0025 0.123        1.010
Obs. 324
Pseudo R2 0.0276
Log Likelihood -938.32
Prob > chi2 0.0000

Source: WOTRO-COHEiSION Project Household and Health Facility Surveys (March, 2012)

*p<0.05

**p<0.0001

+Conditional marginal effects (Model CE: OIM): Marginal effects represent the in probability when the respective predictor/independent variables increase by one unit (i.e. 0 to 1 for binary variables and instantaneous change for continuous variables)