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. 2017 Jul 25;12(7):e0181793. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181793

Table 5. Probit and biprobit estimation for institutional delivery.

Probit model Biprobit model
Institutional delivery Factor Coef. Predicted probability Coef. Predicted probability Behaviour of rho
Bangldesh-2004 No of ANC visits  
Independent of Health Care Delivery Systems <3 visits® 0.05 0.09  
  3+ visits 0.55** 0.28 0.53** 0.18 rho = 0
Depends on Health Care Delivery Systems ANC care  
  Level-1,2 = 0® 0.04 0.07  
  Level-3 = 1 0.76** 0.29 0.75** 0.20 rho = 0
Bangldesh-2007 No of ANC visits  
Independent of Health Care Delivery Systems <3 visits® 0.06 0.17 rho<0
  3+ visits 0.73** 0.38 1.09** 0.25 -0.259
Depends on Health Care Delivery Systems ANC care index  
  Level-1,2 = 0® 0.09 0.14 rho<0
  Level-3 = 1 1.00** 0.62 1.69** 0.32 -0.424
Pakistan-2006-07 No of ANC visits  
Independent of Health Care Delivery Systems <3 visits® 0.21 0.27 rho<0
  3+ visits 0.74** 0.62 0.92** 0.50 -0.129
Depends on Health Care Delivery Systems ANC care  
  Level-1,2 = 0® 0.26 0.31 rho<0
  Level-3 = 1 0.78** 0.74 1.49** 0.53 -0.44
Pakistan-2012-13 No of ANC visits  
Independent of Health Care Delivery Systems <3 visits® 0.29 0.42 rho<0
  3+ visits 0.84** 0.75 1.16** 0.66 -0.246
Depends on Health Care Delivery Systems ANC care index  
  Level-1 = 0® 0.30 0.41 rho<0
  Level-2 = 1 0.89** 0.78 1.47** 0.68 -0.402
Nepal-2006 No of ANC visits  
Independent of Health Care Delivery Systems <3 visits® 0.06 0.14 rho<0
  3+ visits 0.6** 0.31 1.24** 0.22 -0.437
Depends on Health Care Delivery Systems ANC care index  
  Level-1,2 = 0® 0.08 0.14 rho<0
  Level-3 = 1 0.72** 0.51 1.38** 0.27 -0.409
Nepal-2011 No of ANC visits  
Independent of Health Care Delivery Systems <3 visits® 0.14 0.29 rho<0
  3+ visits 0.67** 0.51 1.06** 0.44 -0.277
Depends on Health Care Delivery Systems ANC care index  
  Level-1,2 = 0® 0.23 0.33 rho<0
  Level-3 = 1 0.63** 0.66 1.35** 0.50 -0.457

Significance at

* p<0.05

** p<0.01

*** p<0.001

® denotes the reference category