Household choices, circumstances and equity of access to basic health and education services in the Philippines
In developing countries like the Philippines, a major policy concern is the inequity in access to health and education services. In this paper, we investigate the effects of factors over which households have control ('choices') or none ('circumstances') on their access to basic services. Our logit regression analyses of two nationwide household surveys reveal that household income and composition, mother's age and education status, and the child's age and gender are critical. The circumstance factors
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2010
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Authors: | Capuno, Joseph J. ; Kraft, Aleli D. |
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Quezon City : University of the Philippines, School of Economics (UPSE) |
Subject: | Gesundheitsversorgung | Bildungschancen | Haushaltseinkommen | Konsumentenverhalten | Privater Haushalt | Philippinen | Philhealth coverage and some area-level characteristics of health and education services |
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freely available
Series: | UPSE Discussion Paper ; 2010,11 |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Type of publication (narrower categories): | Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Other identifiers: | 638543630 [GVK] hdl:10419/46617 [Handle] |
Classification: | I18 - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health ; I28 - Government Policy ; I38 - Government Policy; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs |
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