Giving birth at a health-care facility in rural China: is it affordable for the poor?
Qian Long, Yaoguang Zhang, Joanna Raven, Zhuochun Wu, Lennart Bogg, Shenglan Tang & Elina Hemminki
Volume 89, Number 2, February 2011, 144-152
Table 3. Regression coefficients (β) obtained from the linear regression model of the logarithm of out-of-pocket expenditure on delivery at a health-care facility in rural China, 2007
| Characteristic | Deliveries |
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|---|---|---|---|
| All (n = 1 333) |
Vaginal (n = 955) |
Caesarean (n = 378) |
|
| β | β | β | |
| Age in years | |||
| 15–24a | – | – | – |
| 25–29 | −0.02 | 0.04 | 0.13 |
| 30–49 | 0.26** | 0.29** | 0.18 |
| Educational level | |||
| Illiterate or primary schoola | – | – | – |
| Secondary school | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.02 |
| High school or higher | 0.18* | 0.14 | 0.15 |
| Household income | |||
| Lowa | – | – | – |
| Medium | 0.25** | 0.28** | 0.08 |
| High | 0.45** | 0.55** | 0.16* |
| Parity | |||
| 1a | – | – | – |
| 2 or more | −0.24** | −0.33** | −0.05 |
| Health-care facility level | |||
| Townshipa | – | – | – |
| County or higher | 0.10** | 0.08* | 0.10* |
| Health insurance | |||
| Noa | – | – | – |
| Yes | −0.16** | −0.05 | −0.35** |
| Mode of delivery | |||
| Vaginal deliverya | – | – | – |
| Caesarean delivery | 1.32** | – | – |
| R2 | 0.2049 | 0.2370 | 0.1987 |
*P < 0.05; **P < 0.01. Two-tailed test of significance.
a Reference category.