Table 5. Probit and biprobit estimation for institutional delivery.
Probit model | Biprobit model | |||||
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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