Table 4 Factors associated with impoverishing OOP health spending in Ethiopia, 2010/11
From: Assessing medical impoverishment and associated factors in health care in Ethiopia
| Â | Coefficients (Standard errors) | Marginal effects (Standard errors) |
|---|---|---|
Age of household head (in years) | < 0.001 (0.002) | < 0.001 (0.001) |
Household size | 0.124*** (0.019) | 0.049*** (0.008) |
Location: Rural highland (reference: urban area) | 0.800*** (0.077) | 0.306*** (0.026) |
Location: Rural moderate (reference: urban area) | 0.890*** (0.065) | 0.341*** (0.026) |
Location: Rural lowland (reference: urban area) | 0.875*** (0.079) | 0.336*** (0.027) |
Male headed household (reference: female-headed household) | −0.133* (0.069) | − 0.053* (0.027) |
Household head with formal education (reference: household head without formal education) | −0.269*** (0.063) | − 0.106*** (0.024) |
Household head married (reference: household head not married) | 0.018 (0.066) | 0.007 (0.026) |
Household head had productive work (reference: household head without any productive work) | −0.050 (0.071) | − 0.020 (0.028) |
Household with at least one child aged under 5 years(reference: household without any child under 5 years) | 0.329*** (0.056) | 0.129*** (0.021) |
Household with at least one adult aged over 65 years (reference: household without an individual aged over 65 years) | 0.045 (0.079) | 0.018 (0.031) |
Constant | −1.557*** (0.118) |  |
N | 15,958 | |