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The demand for child curative care in two rural thanas of Bangladesh: effect of income and women's employment
Author(s) -
Levin Ann,
Rahman M. A.,
Quayyum Zahidul,
Routh Subrata
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
the international journal of health planning and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1099-1751
pISSN - 0749-6753
DOI - 10.1002/hpm.630
Subject(s) - multinomial logistic regression , logistic regression , health care , household income , medicine , rural area , low income , environmental health , socioeconomics , economics , economic growth , geography , archaeology , machine learning , computer science , pathology
This paper seeks to investigate the determinants of child health care seeking behaviours in rural Bangladesh. In particular, the effects of income, women's access to income, and the prices of obtaining child health care are examined. Data on the use of child curative care were collected in two rural areas of Bangladesh—Abhoynagar Thana of Jessore District and Mirsarai Thana of Chittagong District—in March 1997. In estimating the use of child curative care, the nested multinomial logit specification was used. The results of the analysis indicate that a woman's involvement in a credit union or income generation affected the likelihood that curative child care was used. Household wealth decreased the likelihood that the child had an illness episode and affected the likelihood that curative child care was sought. Among facility characteristics, travel time was statistically significant and was negatively associated with the use of a provider. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.