Research Article

The Role of Wealth and Health in Insurance Choice: Bivariate Probit Analysis in China

Table 3

Willingness to buy health care insurance and pension insurance.

CoefficientIf medicalIf pension

0.8851*** (7.13)0.0065 (0.07)
Wealth (2.95) (−1.54)
Health0.0407*** (2.68)−0.0459*** (−4.24)
Age0.0072*** (4.25)−0.0043*** (−3.41)
Gender0.0291 (0.89)0.0217 (0.92)
Marriage−0.3895*** (−8.96)−0.1193*** (−3.34)
Education0.0566*** (5.89)−0.0065 (−0.93)
Residence−0.4306*** (−11.19)−1.1630*** (−29.62)

1635816358
/athrho0.2201336*** (9.47)
rho0.2166454
Log likelihood−12767.295
LR test chi2 (1)91.8978
Prob > chi20.0000

Numbers with ***, **, and * are significant at 1-percent, 5-percent and 10-percent level, respectively. statistics are in parentheses.