Table 2 Multinomial probit regression results with self-medication as comparison group
From: Treatment choices for fevers in children under-five years in a rural Ghanaian district
Variables | Option | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Â | OTC | Public | Private |
log of age | 0.041 | 0.869 | 0.717 |
| Â | (0.551) | (0.751) | (0.899) |
sex of child | 0.396 | 0.645* | 0.218 |
| Â | (0.283) | (0.385) | (0.467) |
sex of payer | 0.074 | 0.258 | 0.074 |
| Â | (0.316) | (0.419) | (0.497) |
log of income | 0.172*** | 0.220*** | 0.235** |
| Â | (0.073) | (0.084) | (0.106) |
Education | 0.000 | 0.016 | -0.014 |
| Â | (0.037) | (0.046) | (0.056) |
HI status | -0.230 | 0.530 | -0.515 |
| Â | (0.339) | (0.460) | (0.594) |
log of trt. cost | 0.184* | 0.375** | 1.957*** |
| Â | (0.127) | (0.179) | (0.324) |
Time | 0.008 | -0.041*** | -0.026*** |
| Â | (0.005) | (0.006) | (0.007) |
Constant | -2.882 | -7.943** | -25.040*** |
| Â | (2.533) | (3.451) | (5.096) |