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. 2024 Jun 23;24:1671. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-19222-1

Table 4.

Global beta coefficients of the ordinary least square model summary and diagnostics for open defecation at household level in Ethiopia, PMA-ET 2021

Variable Coefficient Std. error Probability Robust probability VIF < 10
Intercept -0.43 0.14 0.0025 0.0012 --------
Male 0.87 0.28 0.0019 0.0019* 1.00
No media exposure 0.47 0.06 0.0000 0.00000* 1.00
OLS Diagnostic
Diagnostic criteria Magnitude p -value
AICc 57.53
R squared 0.26
Adjusted R squared 0.25
Joint F-Statistics 35.78 0.0000*
Joint Wald Statistics 65.57 0.0000*
Koenker (BP) Statistics 20.33 0.00002*
Jarque-Bera Statistics 44.71 0.0000*

The coefficients represent the strength and the type of each explanatory variable and the open defecation. The symbol “*” represents statistical significance in the context of the results