Table 2 Regression results for determinants of impoverishment
From: Studying the impoverishing effects of procuring medicines: a national study
Variables | Univariate Regression results | Multivariate Regression results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
B | OR (CI 0.95%) | Sig | B | OR (CI 0.95%) | Sig | ||
Gender of head of household | Male | – | 1 |  | – | 1 |  |
female | 1.239 | 3.451 (3.191–3.732) | 0.000 | 0.842 | 2.321 (2.123–2.539) | 0.000 | |
Literacy of head of household | Literate | – | 1 |  | – | 1 |  |
Illiterate | 1.400 | 4.055 (3.788–4.342) | 0.000 | 1.441 | 4.244 (3.845–4.639) | 0.000 | |
Size of household | Less than 5 | – | 1 |  | – | 1 |  |
Equal or more than 5 | −0.119 | 0.887 (0.820–0.960) | 0.003 | 0.197 | 1.218 (1.117–1.328) | 0.000 | |
Age of head of household | Less than 40 | – | 1 |  | – | 1 |  |
40 < age < 60 | −0.486 | 0.615 (0.565–0.670) | 0.000 | −1.64 | 0.345 (0.313–0.380) | 0.000 | |
60 < age < 80 | 0.500 | 1.649 (1.516–1.794) | 0.000 | −0.720 | 0.487 (0.436–0.544) | 0.000 | |
More than 80 | 1.383 | 3.987 (3.484–4.562) | 0.000 | 0.59 | 1.061 (0.906–1.243) | 0.462 | |