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Table 4 Logistic regressions for salary and occupational risk allowance

From: A cross-sectional study of the income sources of primary care health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo

 

Odds ratio for dependent variables (SE)

Explanatory variables

Salary

Occupational risk allowance

 

Full model

Reduced model

Full model

Reduced model

Years in position

1.06 (0.02)***

1.06 (0.02)***

1.19 (0.04)***

1.20 (0.04)***

(p < 0.001)

Kasai Occidental (vs Equateur)

1.48 (0.69)

1.46 (0.64)

0.17 (0.07)***

0.17 (0.07)***

(p < 0.001)

Kasai Orientale (vs Equateur)

1.02 (0.89)

0.71 (0.48)

0.03 (0.02)***

0.05 (0.04)***

(p < 0.001)

Maniema (vs Equateur)

0.20 (0.13)**

0.22 (0.14)***

(p = 0.014)

1.56 (0.76)

1.30 (0.63)

Province Orientale (vs Equateur)

0.69 (0.43)

1.05

(0.52)

11.07 (7.28)***

9.58 (6.33)***

(p = 0.001)

Population served

1.00 (0.00)**

1.00 (0.00)**

(p = 0.043)

1.00 (0.00)

 

Total personnel

1.43 (0.25)**

 

0.94 (0.19)

 

Urban (vs rural)

1.90 (0.86)

2.48 (0.97)**

(p = 0.021)

2.42 (1.33)

2.10 (0.91)*

Number of services

1.08 (0.12)

 

0.84 (0.09)

 

Distance of facility from village

1.00 (0.03)

 

1.07 (0.04)*

 

Reference heath centre (vs heath centre)

0.74 (0.36)

 

0.49 (0.24)

0.39 (0.20)*

Age

1.02 (0.02)

 

1.03 (0.02)

 

Male (vs female)

0.92 (0.31)

 

0.66 (0.24)

 

Number of dependents

0.97 (0.03)

 

1.11 (0.04)**

1.12 (0.04)***

(p = 0.001)

Married (vs not married)

1.10 (0.14)

 

0.67 (0.12)**

0.75 (0.12)*

University (vs school education)

0.77 (0.27)

 

1.07 (0.41)

 

ASSP programme

0.70 (0.28)

 

0.58 (0.23)

 

Received occupational allowance (salary model only)

1.03 (0.35)

 

–

–

Received salary (occupational risk allowance model only)

–

–

1.06 (0.39)

 

Constant

0.04 (0.05)**

0.09 (0.04)***

0.37 (0.41)

0.21 (0.08)***

Pseudo R 2

0.17

0.14

0.35

0.33

Model χ 2

50.90***

46.98***

91.22***

77.56***

Number observations (n)

337

383

318

318

  1. *p ≤ 0.1; **p ≤ 0.05; ***p ≤ 0.01