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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Nat Resour. 2010 Jun 1;23(6):525–541. doi: 10.1080/08941920903357782

Table 2.

Logistic Regression Predicting Perception of "Most Important" Environmental Problem, Agincourt Health and Demographic Surveillance Site, Bushbuckridge, South Africa.*

Dirty
rivers/dams
Salty/dirty
tap water
Litter /
Refuse
Soil erosion

Household Characteristics
  Household Size −0.23 0.01 0.09 −0.19
  Female head 1.45 0.64 −1.35 −1.55
  Age of head 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01
  Education of head −0.04 * −0.06 0.15 −0.03
  Young household 0.56 −1.25 −0.34 −0.17
  Older household −2.15 −2.10 −4.12 **
  Asset Index 0.49 0.02 −0.42 −0.21
Respondent Characteristics
  Female −1.15 2.72 *** 0.05 1.58 *
Place Characteristics
  Ireagh A/B ref ref ref ref
  Croquetlawn −2.48 * 1.08 ** 0.45
  Cunningmore A −0.44 0.08 1.49 1.42
  Cunningmore B −4.59 ***
  Justicia A 1.05 −1.10 2.47 * 0.16
  Kildare A 2.27 **
  Kildare B
  Lilydale A
  Lilydale B
Constant −2.45 * −4.05 * −3.79 −1.61
  Model χ2; Prob>χ2 20.67;0.04 23.01;0.02 18.56;0.05 14.54;0.20
  χ2 village variables = 0; Prob>χ2 3.52;0.32 17.23;0.00 4.95;0.17 2.74;0.43
  Percent Correctly Classified 82.31 84.35 86.39 90.48
  N 149 149 149 149
*

only outcomes noted by at least 10% of respondents are presented

*

p<0.05

**

p<0.01

***

p<0.001

*

models lacking overall significance in grey.

*

weights applied to adjust for stratified sampling by household adult mortality experience.