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Table 3 Factors affecting willingness to accept fixed monthly income of CHWs, Dhaka urban slums, 2008

From: Reservation wage of female volunteer community health workers in Dhaka urban slums: a bidding game approach

Explanatory variables

Coefficient†

Robust Std. error

Joined as a CHW with expectation of income

0.623**

0.189

Performance score

0.030*

0.016

Monthly current CHW income

0.001**

0.000

Monthly past CHW income

0.001**

0.000

Alternative income generating scope

−0.475**

0.180

Household loan

−0.652**

0.181

Competition with number of other providers

−0.021**

0.008

Village organization membership

0.464**

0.191

Health training received outside BRAC

0.721*

0.366

/cut1

0.198

0.317

/cut2

1.387

0.323

  1. **Significant at 1% level.
  2. *Significant at 5% level.
  3. †Coefficients (bias corrected observed bootstrap coefficients).
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