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Table 4 Two parts regression of the caregivers’ willingness to accept

From: Monetary valuation of COVID-19 informal care: caregivers’ willingness to pay and willingness to accept

 

Part 1: probability of WTA > 0 (N = 425)

Part 2: amount lnWTA given lnWTA > 0 (n = 182)

 

Estimate(SE)

p-value

Estimate(SE)

p-value

Intercept

− 0.389(0.379)

0.305

1.003(0.022)

0.000***

Age of patient

0.018(0.005)

0.000***

-

Age of care giver

− 0.012(0.006)

0.060

0.000(0.000)

0.363

Gender of care giver (ref: female)

    

 Male

− 0.569(0.166)

0.001***

-

Care giver history of getting COVID-19 (ref: yes)

    

 No

0.012(0.147)

0.934

0.002(0.009)

0.851

Receiving formal care by patient(ref: yes)

    

 No

− 0.029(0.145)

0.843

0.008(0.008)

0.360

Job of care giver (ref: unemployed)

    

 Employed

0.469(0.161)

0.004**

− 0.016(0.008)

0.058

Relationship of patient with care giver (ref: spouse/child)

    

 Other

0.682(0.185)

0.000***

Number of care days

− 0.031(0.009)

0.001**

0.001(0.001)

0.141

Dependency of patient to care giver(ref: completely)

    

  < completely

− 0.141(0.144)

0.326

− 0.008(0.008)

0.324

Education of care giver (ref: lower than undergraduate)

    

  ≥ undergraduate

0.015(0.009)

0.104

Difficulty of activities (ref: personal activities)

 

  

 Indoor activities

− 0.027(0.013)

0.043*

 Outdoor activities

− 0.016(0.014)

0.246

 Taking patients to the formal care centers

− 0.029(0.015)

0.061

  1. p < 0.1, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001