Effect of reliable electricity on health facilities, health information, and child and maternal health services utilization: evidence from rural Gujarat, India

Chen, Yvonne Jie; Chindarkar, Namrata; Xiao, Yun

doi:10.1186/s41043-019-0164-6

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Table 3 Summary statistics

From: Effect of reliable electricity on health facilities, health information, and child and maternal health services utilization: evidence from rural Gujarat, India

Variables	Gujarat			Maharashtra
Variables	N	Mean	SD	N	Mean	SD
Panel A. Health facility sample (N = 1816)
Outcome variables
Electricity	638	0.975	0.156	1178	0.960	0.196
Generator	638	0.592	0.492	1178	0.772	0.419
Ice-lined refrigerator	638	0.934	0.248	1178	0.964	0.186
Deep freezer	638	0.923	0.266	1178	0.951	0.216
Cold box	638	0.950	0.218	1178	0.975	0.155
Vaccine carrier	638	0.969	0.174	1178	0.992	0.0871
Delivery room	638	0.644	0.479	1178	0.776	0.417
Operating table	638	0.125	0.331	1178	0.735	0.441
Delivery table	638	0.909	0.288	1178	0.941	0.237
Examination table	638	0.933	0.251	1178	0.944	0.230
Control variables
JGY program	638	0.442	0.497	1178	0	0
Gujarat	638	1	0	1178	0	0
Interview in 2007–2008	638	0.442	0.497	1178	0.425	0.495
Kaccha building	638	0.009	0.097	1178	0.032	0.177
Semi-pucca building	638	0.110	0.313	1178	0.228	0.419
Pucca building	638	0.881	0.324	1178	0.740	0.439
Piped water	638	0.580	0.494	1178	0.492	0.500
Toilet	638	0.929	0.256	1178	0.871	0.335
Panel B. Health information sample (N = 34,651)
Outcome variables
Ever heard of HIV/AIDS	13,321	0.325	0.468	21,326	0.649	0.477
Heard from TV	13,321	0.210	0.407	21,326	0.392	0.488
Heard from radio	13,321	0.0533	0.225	21,326	0.121	0.326
Heard from newspaper	13,321	0.0882	0.284	21,326	0.122	0.327
Heard from health workers	13,321	0.0329	0.178	21,326	0.0419	0.200
Control variables
JGY program	13,323	0.608	0.488	21,328	0	0
Gujarat	13,323	1	0	21,328	0	0
Interview in 2007–2008	13,323	0.608	0.488	21,328	0.591	0.492
Mother’s age in year	13,323	30.96	8.116	21,328	30.24	8.229
Mother’s age squared	13,323	1024	520.5	21,328	982.1	518.0
Standard of living index	13,323	1.754	0.770	21,328	1.662	0.729
Respondent’s years of schooling	13,323	3.470	4.267	21,328	4.660	4.390
Husband’s years of schooling	13,323	6.113	6.169	21,328	6.834	6.205
Age of the head	13,323	43.79	12.42	21,321	46.30	13.67
Female head	13,323	0.044	0.205	21,321	0.051	0.220
Distance to nearest health facility (km)	13,288	3.856	5.316	20,869	4.240	5.693
Panel C. Child immunization sample (N = 9580)
Outcome variables
Received DPT first dose	3371	0.829	0.376	5659	0.865	0.342
Received DPT all three doses	3006	0.691	0.462	5313	0.706	0.456
Received Polio first dose	3393	0.864	0.343	5693	0.891	0.312
Received Polio all three doses	3044	0.721	0.448	5292	0.742	0.437
Received BCG	3387	0.884	0.320	5687	0.919	0.273
Received Measles	3367	0.502	0.500	5655	0.488	0.500
Control variables
JGY program	3608	0.472	0.499	5972	0	0
Gujarat	3608	1	0	5972	0	0
Birth in 2007–2008	3608	0.472	0.499	5972	0.567	0.496
Age in months	3608	12.99	7.400	5972	11.97	7.170
Mother’s age at birth	3608	23.74	4.485	5972	22.14	4.198
Standard of living index	3608	5.831	8.110	5972	6.266	7.880
Mother’s years of schooling	3608	4.263	4.467	5972	5.738	4.458
Father’s years of schooling	3608	6.459	4.584	5972	7.385	4.751
Birth order	3608	2.363	1.476	5972	2.199	1.377
Multiple birth	3608	0.987	0.112	5972	0.991	0.0964
Household size	3608	7.174	2.875	5972	7.251	3.110
Age of the head	3608	44.02	14.40	5972	46.21	15.85
Female head	3608	0.0432	0.203	5972	0.0429	0.203
Distance to nearest health facility (km)	3600	2.038	4.365	5903	2.612	4.798
Panel D. Maternal health sample (N = 9543)
Outcome variables
At least one check-up	3578	0.767	0.423	5965	0.905	0.293
At least three check-ups	3557	0.524	0.499	5913	0.672	0.469
Check-up in the first trimester	3545	0.460	0.498	5921	0.536	0.499
Delivery in a health facility	3578	0.482	0.500	5965	0.509	0.500
Delivery in a public facility	3578	0.177	0.382	5965	0.243	0.429
Delivery in a private facility	3578	0.285	0.452	5965	0.260	0.439
Control variables
JGY program	3578	0.484	0.500	5965	0	0
Gujarat	3578	1	0	5965	0	0
Delivery in 2007–2008	3578	0.484	0.500	5965	0.582	0.493
Mother’s age in year	3578	24.06	4.539	5965	22.41	4.228
Mother’s age squared	3578	599.6	237.8	5965	520.0	213.3
Standard of living index	3578	5.904	8.085	5965	6.392	7.882
Mother’s years of schooling	3578	4.277	4.474	5965	5.734	4.457
Father’s years of schooling	3578	6.674	6.486	5965	7.563	6.351
Total number of births	3578	2.452	1.508	5965	2.214	1.382
Household size	3578	7.075	2.854	5965	7.188	3.121
Age of the head	3578	44.03	14.37	5965	46.19	15.85
Female head	3578	0.0442	0.205	5965	0.0438	0.205
Distance to nearest health facility (km)	3569	2.090	4.420	5893	2.701	4.868

Table reports number of observations, mean values, and sample standard deviation for observations included in regression analyses. Refer to Table 2 for detailed variable description and units of analysis

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