Table 4.
Independent Variables | Willing to Pay for Health Insurance (1 = Yes, 0 = No) Binary Probit Regression, N = 295 | Exact Amount of Payment Stated in MMK (1000 MMK = 0.81 USD) Linear Regression, N = 295 | ||||
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Coef. | SE | Margin | SE | Coef. | SE | |
Age | −0.004 | 0.007 | −0.001 | 0.002 | −18.867** | 7.577 |
Gender | −0.172 | 0.203 | −0.047 | 0.055 | −673.299** | 220.667 |
What is your primary occupation activity at present? | −0.042 | 0.199 | −0.012 | 0.054 | −308.801 | 218.504 |
What is your highest educational level? | −0.028 | 0.211 | −0.008 | 0.058 | 218.625 | 224.829 |
What is your civil status at present? | 0.138 | 0.210 | 0.038 | 0.057 | −362.620 | 234.192 |
How would you rate your overall health status at present? | −0.295* | 0.152 | −0.081* | 0.041 | −14.890 | 154.017 |
How many adult persons (age 18 or higher) are there in your household? | 0.001 | 0.022 | 0.000 | 0.005 | −12.501 | 17.992 |
How many children (under the age 18) are there in your household? | 0.052 | 0.095 | 0.014 | 0.026 | 120.886 | 96.972 |
Considering the income of all household members and all sources of income (eg, wages, social welfare, pensions, rents, fees, etc.), what is your average net monthly household income? | −0.002 | 0.003 | −0.001 | 0.001 | 7.465** | 2.880 |
Which of the following is true regarding your current household income? | 0.122 | 0.254 | 0.033 | 0.069 | −485.429 | 276.141 |
Knowledge of health insurance | −0.312 | 0.200 | −0.085 | 0.055 | −303.446 | 161.178 |
Experience of health insurance | −0.068 | 0.547 | −0.019 | 0.149 | −486.965 | 522.607 |
Currently registered in any kind of health insurance | 0.430 | 0.768 | 0.117 | 0.210 | 583.840 | 864.056 |
Having health insurance could prevent financial hardship if you get sick? | −0.076 | 0.167 | −0.021 | 0.046 | 14.864 | 187.416 |
Return from health insurance is high when you get sick. | 0.249 | 0.139 | 0.068 | 0.038 | 217.360 | 148.321 |
I do not expect to spend money for seeking health care this year because I am healthy. | 0.212* | 0.087 | 0.058* | 0.024 | 161.248 | 92.597 |
Insurance benefits are higher than the cost of insurance and of giving user fees. | 0.099 | 0.135 | 0.027 | 0.037 | −131.852 | 136.403 |
I trust health insurance system. | 0.584** | 0.137 | 0.160** | 0.038 | 537.611** | 152.088 |
I would prefer to pay at the time of illness instead of paying for insurance. | 0.012 | 0.053 | 0.003 | 0.0144 | 3.948 | 17.362 |
Cons | −2.087 | 1.707 | ‐ | ‐ | 2315.974 | 1978.944 |
LR χ2 = 58.89 Prob > χ2 = 0.000 Pseudo R 2 = 0.184 |
Prob > F = 0.000 R‐squared = 0.182 Adj R‐squared = 0.126 Root MSE = 1662.7 |
P < 0.05;
P < 0.01.