Table 4 Marginal effects of main explanatory variables†.
Independent variable | Marginal effects: percentage change in infant mortality associated with a 10% increase in the independent variable‡ |
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Family Health Program | −4.56** (−5.68 to −3.44) |
(% of population covered) | |
Water access | −2.92** (−5.01 to −0.84) |
(% population covered) | |
Hospital beds | −1.35** (−2.16 to −0.55) |
(per 1000 population) | |
Female illiteracy | 16.82** (11.38 to 22.26) |
(% women >15 years who are illiterate) | |
Fertility | 1.78** (0.49 to 3.08) |
(mean number children/woman) | |
Mean income | 1.11** (0.37 to 1.85) |
(in constant R$) |
95% Confidence intervals errors in parentheses. **Significant (p<0.01). †Based on final model (model 4 from table 2); non‐significant variables and fixed effects not shown. ‡Marginal effects evaluated at the mean of all other independent variables (predicted IMR = 37.441).