Habibov Nazim, Zainiddinov Hakim
University of Windsor, 167 Ferry St., Windsor, Ontario N9A0C5, Canada.
Faculty of Sociology, Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey, 57 US Highway 1, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8554, United States.
Sex Reprod Healthc. 2017 Oct;13:29-34. doi: 10.1016/j.srhc.2017.05.005. Epub 2017 Jun 1.
We assess the effects of TV family planning messages on the frequency and timing of antenatal care utilization in Tajikistan. Instrumental variable regressions are used with Tajikistan's 2012 nationally-representative Demographic and Health Survey to address confounding bias.
For the continuous outcome variable, number of antenatal visits, we use the instrumental variable linear two-stage least square (2SLS). For the binary outcome variable, the first antenatal visit made during the first trimester of pregnancy, we use instrumental variable biprobit.
As suggested by 2SLS results, women who had been exposed to family planning messages on TV made additional 1.2 antenatal visits. As indicated by the biprobit results, exposure to TV family planning messages increases the likelihood of early initiation of ANC by 11 percentage points.
Family planning messages on TV has strong direct positive impact on antenatal care utilization in Tajikistan.
我们评估塔吉克斯坦电视上的计划生育宣传信息对产前保健利用频率和时间的影响。利用塔吉克斯坦2012年具有全国代表性的人口与健康调查进行工具变量回归,以解决混杂偏倚问题。
对于连续结果变量,即产前检查次数,我们使用工具变量线性两阶段最小二乘法(2SLS)。对于二元结果变量,即妊娠早期进行的首次产前检查,我们使用工具变量双变量概率模型。
正如2SLS结果所示,接触过电视上计划生育宣传信息的女性多进行了1.2次产前检查。正如双变量概率模型结果所示,接触电视上的计划生育宣传信息使早期开始接受产前保健的可能性增加了11个百分点。
电视上的计划生育宣传信息对塔吉克斯坦的产前保健利用有强烈的直接积极影响。