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Table 5 Estimated odds ratios (and 95% confidence intervals) from logistic regression fit of four outcome variables on experimental and control areas

From: An experiment of health services and additional microcredit in 128 villages of Bangladesh

Covariate

Outcome

Food security (n = 3687)

Contraceptive use (n = 2960)

Measles vaccination (n = 268)

Trained birth attendant (n = 915)

Control areasa

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Health services areasb

0.79 (0.51, 1.24)

0.79 (0.48, 1.31)

0.60 (0.14, 2.59)

1.18 (0.58, 2.44)

Woman’s schooling (ref. = none)

2.51** (1.66, 4.21)

0.48 (0.58, 1.23)

5.14** (1.66, 14.27)

1.38 (0.70, 2.71)

Constant

4.38 (3.24, 5.91)

1.96 (1.34, 2.86)

3.00 (1.09, 8.29)

0.41 (0.20, 0.83)

  1. **p < 0.05 for test that odds ratio = 1.0
  2. aIncluding the original control villages and the microcredit-only villages
  3. bIncluding the original health services villages and the health services plus microcredit villages