Table 5.
Robustness tests: replacement of explanatory variables.
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical | Fitness | Median | Average | |
| expenditure | expenditure | (0–1) | (0–1) | |
| Digital payments | 0.0432** | 0.157*** | 0.00840** | 0.00790** |
| (2.20) | (8.71) | (2.28) | (2.63) | |
| Control variables for household head | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Control variables for household | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Household fixed effects | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Time fixed effects | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| N | 24,126 | 24,126 | 24,126 | 24,126 |
| R 2 | 0.782 | 0.098 | 0.018 | 0.017 |
*** and ** indicate significant at the 1 and 5% statistical levels, respectively, with t-values in parentheses.