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. 2018 Sep 5;17:137. doi: 10.1186/s12939-018-0852-7

Table 4.

Regression results using two-part models in 2008 and 2013

Variables 2008 2013
Participant (Probit) Continuous (OLS) Participant (Probit) Continuous (OLS)
Coeff. SE Coeff. SE Coeff. SE Coeff. SE
Age (Ref: 15–44 years)
 45–59 −0.011* 0.005 0.256 0.165 − 0.012** 0.003 0.173** 0.057
 60 or above −0.005 0.008 0.246 0.177 0.016 ** 0.006 0.164* 0.064
Gender (Ref: Male)
 Female 0.015** 0.005 −0.315* 0.136 0.018** 0.003 −0.206** 0.040
Chronic conditions (Ref: No)
 Yes 0.056** 0.011 −0.262 0.143 0.089** 0.005 −0.011 0.045
 Self-rated health −0.001** 0.000 −0.009* 0.004 −0.002** 0.000 −0.011** 0.001
Economic status (Ref: Poorest)
 Poorer 0.009 0.007 −0.045 0.226 0.014** 0.005 0.022 0.066
 Middle 0.028** 0.007 −0.118 0.148 0.018** 0.005 0.065 0.065
 Richer 0.020** 0.007 0.018 0.155 0.028** 0.005 0.195** 0.072
 Richest 0.049** 0.008 0.528** 0.170 0.045** 0.007 0.566** 0.080
Educational status (Ref: Primary or below)
 Middle school 0.006 0.006 −0.101 0.133 −0.001 0.004 0.009 0.049
 High school 0.000 0.009 −0.134 0.183 −0.004 0.006 0.072 0.076
 College or above −0.005 0.017 −0.038 0.487 0.013 0.012 0.136 0.166
Marital status (Ref: Unmarried)
 Married 0.024** 0.005 0.106 0.222 0.050** 0.005 −0.288** 0.106
 Other 0.014* 0.007 −0.029 0.281 0.026** 0.005 −0.349** 0.114
Employment status (Ref: Employed)
 Unemployed −0.004 0.005 0.189 0.120 0.011* 0.005 0.033 0.051
Commercial insurance (Ref: No)
 Yes −0.003 0.009 0.171 0.195 −0.007 0.009 −0.162 0.118
Time to the nearest health-care facility (Ref: Less than 15 min)
 15 min or above −0.009 0.005 0.000 0.004
 Sample size 9506 408 38,010 3272

Note: (1) Clustered robust SEs in parentheses; (2) Ref means Reference level; (3) *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01