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Table 3 Probit regression analysis for determinants of non-prescription medicine use

From: The use of non-prescription medicine versus self-assessed health: evidence from Malawi

Variable

Estimated coefficients

Standard errors

Health facility

-0.63336***

0.20894

Total health expenditure

0.01806**

0.00778

Use of electricity

-0.26491**

0.12249

Age square

-0.00009

0.00006

Age

0.00749*

0.00394

Household size

-0.00078

0.00908

Constant

0.02454

0.08688

Wald chi2

23.00***

 

No of observations

2640

 

Pseudo R2

0.0066

 
  1. Note: ***, **, * show significance at 1%, 5% and 10% respectively