Evaluation of Caesarean Expenditures of Households in Benin
Table 3
Results of linear regression and the quantile regression models.
Variables
Multiple linear regression
Quantile regression models
Coefficients
q = 0.10
q = 0.25
q = 0.50
q = 0.75
q = 0.90
Constant
150.446 (18.221)
141.473 (21.785)
121.242 (19.023)
148.172 (19.003)
145.899 (24.833)
152.937 (35.0079)
Age of woman
−0.063 (0.353)
−0.645 (0.422)
0.083 (0.369)
0.355 (0.368)
0.029 (0.481)
−0.935 (0.6786)
Education level of women (reference category: illiterate)
−6.752 (1.625)
−6.908 (1.943)
−7.813 (1.697)
−8.067 (1.695)
−4.062 (2.215)
−0.783 (3.1221)
Working status of women (reference category: unemployed)
43.973 (4.692)
22.394 (5.610)
40.127 (4.899)
59.741 (4.894)
50.763 (6.395)
49.952 (9.0156)
Household region of residence (reference category: outside Littoral)
−12.162 (4.011)
−14.290 (4.796)
−13.639 (4.188)
−16.507 (4.183)
−12.605 (5.467)
−9.751 (7.7065)
Pregnancy follow-up (reference category: no)
1.572 (6.429)
6.718 (7.686)
0.535 (6.712)
−4.370 (6.705)
4.296 (8.762)
9.253 (12.3513)
Hospital type (reference category: private)
−4.813 (7.021)
−4.012 (8.394)
5.605 (7.330)
−10.122 (7.322)
−1.418 (9.569)
−4.599 (13.4892)
State of referral (reference category: yes
−12.702 (7.266)
−16.497 (8.687)
−11.049 (7.586)
−1.975 (7.578)
−7.387 (9.903)
−13.133 (13.9596)
Length of stay in hospital
0.850 (2.652)
2.930 (3.171)
0.412 (2.769)
−3.072 (2.766)
3.214 (3.615)
8.195 (5.0957)
Indication for caesarean section (reference category: urgent)
1.399 (4.810)
−0.177 (5.751)
0.065 (5.022)
−0.768 (5.016)
0.816 (6.555)
7.402 (9.2409)
Presence of complications (reference category: at least one)
−15.993 (6.929)
−4.651 (8.284)
−2.020 (7.234)
−12.411 (7.227)
−19.898 (9.444)
−11.209 (13.3128)
Use of health insurance (reference category: no)
26.592 (9.258)
33.941 (11.067)
33.517 (9.666)
18.654 (9.656)
23.079 (12.619)
30.463 (17.7887)
Socioeconomic class (reference category: very poor)
15.935 (2.364)
6.038∗ (2.826)
12.210 (2.468)
13.536 (2.466)
17.575 (3.222)
22.140 (4.5419)
R 2
0.332
Pseudo-R2
0.095
0.182
0.214
0.248
0.253
;. Standard errors are reported in the parentheses. R2: Refers to the part (%) of the variation in the dependent variable that can be explained by the explanatory variables for the Linear Regression Model. Pseudo R2: Refers to the part (%) of the variation in the dependent variable that can be explained in different quantiles by the explanatory variables.
