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(DP 2010-11) Household choices, circumstances and equity of access to basic health and education services in the Philippines

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Title (DP 2010-11) Household choices, circumstances and equity of access to basic health and education services in the Philippines
 
Creator Capuno, Joseph J.; School of Economics
University of the Philippines Diliman
Quezon City
Kraft, Aleli D.; School of Economics
University of the Philippines Diliman
Quezon City
 
Subject Households; equity, health; education; Philippines
 
Description 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 -- Philhealth coverage and some area-level characteristics of health and education services -- also matter in improving overall access, but not necessarily its equity.
 
Publisher UPSE Discussion Papers
 
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Date 2010-11-05
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.econ.upd.edu.ph/dp/index.php/dp/article/view/667
 
Source UPSE Discussion Papers; 2010
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.econ.upd.edu.ph/dp/index.php/dp/article/view/667/130