Table 3 Relationship between sales volume, price and outlet characteristics
Theme | Variable | SP | AL | Quinine | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unadjusted effect size (p) | Adjusted effect size (p) | Unadjusted effect size (p) | Adjusted effect size (p) | Unadjusted effect size (p) | Adjusted effect size (p) | ||
Price | Log price | -0.78 (0.002) | -0.92 (0.000) | -0.59 (0.02) | -0.44 (0.19) | -0.34 (0.02) | -0.29 (0.15) |
Size | Number of staff | 0.24 (0.25) | 0.43 (0.06) | 0.12 (0.51) | 0.27 (0.09) | 0.09 (0.48) | 0.11 (0.55) |
Quality | Pharmacist on staff | -0.02 (0.95) | -1.15 (0.08) | 0.40 (0.24) | 1.06 (0.22) | 0.36 (0.11) | 0.15 (0.78) |
Nurse on staff | -0.49 (0.08) | -1.57 (0.02) | 0.040 (0.92) | 0.69 (0.48) | -0.24 (0.29) | -0.5 (0.92) | |
Untrained staff dispensing medicine | 0.67 (0.05) | -0.47 (0.32) | -0.13 (0.76) | 0.16 (0.84) | -0.09 (0.73) | -0.19 (0.66) | |
Competition | Number of neighbours within 1 km | 0.03 (0.46) | 0.05 (0.22) | -0.06 (0.15) | -0.04 (0.33) | 0.004 (0.88) | 0.002 (0.96) |
Nearest govt. facility within 1 km | -0.02 (0.95) | -0.13 (0.64) | 0.53 (0.14) | 0.38 (0.21) | 0.39 (0.08) | 0.26 (0.37) | |
Nearest neighbour has subsidized AL | 0.5 (0.86) | 0.29 (0.51) | -0.09 (0.34) | -1.09 (0.06) | 0.31 (0.94) | 0.04 (0.04) | |
Demand | Household density | 0.01 (0.198) | - | 0.002 (0.88) | - | -0.002 (0.68) | - |
Fever density | 0.053 (0.089) | - | 0.03 (0.59) | - | -0.007 (0.76) | - | |
Fever prevalence in households | 2.4 (0.59) | - | 15.1 (0.14) | - | -0.51 (0.90) | - | |
Density of cash crop farming | 0.01 (0.76) | 0.016 (0.77) | -0.03 (0.11) | ||||
Acres of land owned | 0.002 (0.40) | 0.01 (0.45) | -0.003 (0.33) | ||||
Head education | 0.004 (0.18) | 0.002 (0.83) | -0.001 (0.73) | ||||
n = 26 for geographic variables | n = 11 for geographic variables | n = 30 for geographic variables | |||||