Table 5

Effect of power outage indices on caesarean section delivery (log odds)

Full SampleRural houeholdsUrban householdsElectrified householdsNon-electrified householdsLow-wealth householdsHigh-wealth households
Frequency Index−0.0020.009−0.022−0.002−0.0010.014−0.009
(−0.018, 0.015)(−0.013, 0.032)(−0.046, 0.005)(−0.018, 0.015)(−0.123, 0.102)(−0.02, 0.047)(−0.033, 0.013)
Duration Index0.00020.0004−0.006−0.00010.0070.0020.0001
(−0.003, 0.003)(−0.004, 0.006)(−0.005, 0.004)(−0.004, 0.003)(−0.014, 0.025)(−0.006, 0.009)(−0.004, 0.004)
Urban0.226*0.238*−0.8310.1860.354*
(0.072, 0.364)(0.106, 0.379)(−2.327, 0.335)(−0.241, 0.605)(0.181, 0.542)
Electrified: No electricity access−0.240−0.141−0.476−0.392*0.208
(−0.6, 0.081)(−0.57, 0.239)(−1.479, 0.076)(-0.838,–0.042)(−0.928, 1.136)
Linear Monthly Time Trend0.017*0.018*0.015*0.017*0.0180.019*0.016*
(0.012, 0.022)(0.012, 0.026)(0.008, 0.024)(0.012, 0.022)(−0.018, 0.063)(0.009, 0.031)(0.01, 0.024)
Observations912560883037847265336473652
  • Bootstrapped 95% CIs are reported in parentheses.

  • Included in most models but not shown in the tables are wealth index, mother’s education, mother’s age, parity, and religion. The full results are available from the authors upon request.

  • All columns include month and district-level dummy variables.

  • *Denotes statistical significance at the 5% level.