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. 2009 Jul 13;87(9):692–699. doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.056051

Table 3. Robustness check in study of the percentage of local tax revenue coming from TCT revenue and participation of local governments (n = 163) in an anti-smoking programme, Republic of Korea, 2002–2003.

Model estimation
Binomial logit
Multinomial logit
Dependent variable
                     y = 1 if participated Anti-smoking [versus NP]
Othera [versus NP]
                     y = 0 if otherwise
Explanatory variableb Coefficient (95% CI) Coefficient (95% CI) Coefficient (95% CI) Coefficient
(95% CI) Coefficient
(95% CI)
Percentage of local tax revenue derived from the TCT –0.98** –0.58** –1.04*** –0.30
(–1.73 to –0.22) (–1.14 to –0.04) (–1.76 to –0.33) (–1.23 to 0.62)
Per capita local tax revenue (in wons of the Republic of Korea × 100 000) –0.48 0.20 –0.45 0.06
(–1.09 to 0.13) (–0.29 to 0.68) (–0.92 to 0.02) (–0.66 to 0.78)
Pseudo R squaredc 0.0950 0.0884 0.0706 0.0646
Log pseudolikelihood –85.12 –85.74 –87.41 –153.07
Likelihood ratio testd χ² (df = 7) 3.27

*P < 0.10; **P < 0.05; ***P < 0.01.
CI, confidence interval; df, degrees of freedom; NP, no participation; TCT, tobacco consumption tax.
a The other category collectively includes the promotion of physical activity, good nutrition and moderation in drinking.
b Other explanatory variables include population size, public health centre staff size and being a county or not.
c A measure of goodness-of-fit for non-linear models, including logistic models.
d The null hypothesis is that the other category can be pooled into the NP category. For this test, robust standard errors were not used.