How equitable is bed net ownership and utilisation in Tanzania? A practical application of the principles of horizontal and vertical equity

Table 5 Logit regression estimates for the probability of owning a bed net at household level and using a bed net at individual level

	Panel A: Horizontal equity analysis: Household level (N = 1603; F < 0.0001)				Panel B: Vertical equity analysis: Individual level (N = 8663; F < 0.0001)
Level of Analysis	All Nets		Treated nets		All Nets		Treated nets
	Marginal/Average effects†		Marginal/Average effects		Marginal/Average effects		Marginal/Average effects
Explanatory variable	dF/dx	p-value	dF/dx	p-value	dF/dx	p-value	dF/dx	p-value
Family size	0.001	0.973	-0.002	0.656	-0.274	<0.001*	-0.008	<0.001*
Male	-0.032	0.555	-0.01	0.859	-0.056	<0.001*	-0.02	0.023*
Urban	0.228	<0.001*	0.205	<0.001*	0.315	<0.001*	0.192	<0.001*
Married	0.007	0.887	0.043	0.408	0.031	0.051*	0.04	<0.001*
Sambaa	0.072	0.214	0.031	0.496	-0.087	0.003*	0.011	0.546
Digo	-0.085	0.108	-0.102	0.012*	-0.176	0.001*	-0.086	0.001*
Bondei	0.079	0.248	-0.051	0.314	-0.05	0.15	-0.056	0.005*
Other ethnic group	0.006	0.908	-0.078	0.048*	-0.09	0.001*	-0.056	<0.001*
Age of household head	-0.002	0.097	-0.001	0.133	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Under-five	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0.157	<0.001*	0.06	<0.001*
Using other prevention measures	-0.232	<0.001*	-0.006	0.81	-0.182	<0.001*	-0.004	0.684
Education	0.013	0.008*	0.02	<0.001*	0.018	<0.001*	0.02	<0.001*
Wealth	0.11	<0.001*	0.053	<0.001*	0.091	0.001*	0.043	<0.001*
Education-squared	-0.002	0.028*	-0.001	0.073	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Wealth-squared	-0.008	<0.001*	-0.004	<0.001*	-0.007	0.001*	-0.004	<0.001*
Poor Road	0.012	0.698	-0.07	0.085	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Market centre	-0.016	0.764	-0.008	0.906	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Constant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

* Coefficient significant at 5% level
†marginal (average) effects are computed using the dprobit command and reflect the effect of a unity change in the continuous (dummy) variable on the dependent variable.

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