ORs of having private health insurance on the probability of having a C-section. Full Sample
| 2001–2014 | 2001 | 2014 | ||||
| Unadjusted | Adjusted | Unadjusted | Adjusted | Unadjusted | Adjusted | |
| OR | OR (95% CI) | OR | OR (95% CI) | OR | OR (95% CI) | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | |
| Private insurance | 2.27 | 0.71 (0.63 to 0.79) | 3.43 | 1.89 (1.6 to 2.23) | 1.82 | 0.56 (0.48 to 0.64) |
| Private hospital | 4.55 | 5.29 (4.42 to 6.32) | 3.67 | 2.35 (1.93 to 2.86) | 4.82 | 8.01 (6.58 to 9.74) |
| Mother’s age | ||||||
| <19 | 0.36 | 0.46 (0.44 to 0.48) | 0.38 | 0.45 (0.41 to 0.48) | 0.34 | 0.47 (0.44 to 0.5) |
| 19–25 | 0.55 | 0.64 (0.62 to 0.65) | 0.55 | 0.62 (0.59 to 0.65) | 0.57 | 0.68 (0.66 to 0.7) |
| 26–34 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 35+ | 1.44 | 1.56 (1.53 to 1.59) | 1.48 | 1.56 (1.5 to 1.62) | 1.35 | 1.45 (1.4 to 1.51) |
| N | 2 405 082 | 2 398 729 | 168 919 | 166 660 | 184 787 | 183 063 |
Authors’ analysis of hospital discharge data, 2001–2014.
ORs are computed using logistic regressions. In the adjusted regressions, we include as covariates a set of indicators for the age of the mother, dummies that identify county of residence of the mother and year dummies. SEs in the adjusted regression are clustered at the county level.