Table 4 Multinomial probit regression results with public providers as comparison group
From: Treatment choices for fevers in children under-five years in a rural Ghanaian district
| Variables | Option | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Self-med. | OTC | Private | |
| log of age | -0.869 | -0.911 | -0.152 |
| (0.751) | (0.634) | (0.739) | |
| sex of child | -0.645* | -0.250 | -0.427 |
| (0.385) | (0.317) | (0.395) | |
| sex of payer | -0.258 | -0.183 | -0.184 |
| (0.419) | (0.349) | (0.411) | |
| log of income | -0.220*** | -0.048 | 0.015 |
| (0.084) | (0.079) | (0.099) | |
| education | -0.016 | -0.015 | -0.029 |
| (0.046) | (0.037) | (0.045) | |
| HI status | -0.530 | -0.760** | -1.045** |
| (0.460) | (0.387) | (0.509) | |
| log of trt. Cost | -0.375** | -0.191 | 1.582*** |
| (0.179) | (0.160) | (0.296) | |
| time | 0.041*** | 0.049*** | 0.014** |
| (0.006) | (0.005) | (0.007) | |
| Constant | 7.943** | 5.062* | -17.097*** |
| (3.451) | (3.034) | (4.435) | |