Research Article

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

Table 6

Purchase intention of new rural cooperative medical insurance and social old-age insurance (2).

CoefficientNew medical (<60)New pension (<60)New medical (≥60)New pension (≥60)

1.1748*** (4.56)−1.3454*** (−6.8059)2.4257*** (8.93)0.2434 (1.14)
Wealth (−2.03) (−1.2661) (−0.67) (−2.04)
Health0.0414** (2.04)−0.0123 (−0.8036)0.0082 (0.34)−0.0600*** (−3.28)
Age0.0040 (0.89)0.0136*** (4.0295)−0.0143*** (−4.00)−0.0081*** (−2.85)
Gender0.0261 (0.58)0.0486 (1.4264)0.0114 (0.22)0.0228 (0.57)
Marriage−0.2990*** (−3.62)−0.1773** (−2.4788)−0.1836*** (−3.14)−0.0675 (−1.43)
Education−0.0427*** (−3.34)0.0212** (2.1925)−0.0377** (−2.20)−0.0238* (−1.79)

7451745154495449
/athrho0.3713916*** (11.41)0.2797123*** (7.80)
rho0.35520840.2726388
Log Likelihood−6497.9381−4779.6768
LR test chi2(1)139.91263.1588
Prob > chi20.00000.0000

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