Table 1.
Associations between log standardised mortality rates (log of observed cases/expected cases) for children and socio-demographic indicators adjusted by global mean time-trend among the 115 Manhiça neighbourhoods derived from the Poisson regression models.
| Covariates | Categories | Estimate | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| (standard error) | |||
| Time | Continuous | 0.005 (0.009) | 0.5736 |
| time2 | -0.027 (0.004) | <0.0001 | |
| % households with WC | <74% | 0.170 (0.095) | 0.3546 |
| 74-82% | 0.080 (0.077) | ||
| 82-89% | 0.075 (0.067) | ||
| >89% | |||
| % households with kitchen | <40% | -0.094 (0.099) | 0.5196 |
| 40-49% | -0.086 (0.080) | ||
| 49-59% | -0.001 (0.069) | ||
| >59% | |||
| % cane households | <62% | -0.065 (0.086) | 0.1963 |
| 62-72% | 0.090 (0.067) | ||
| 72-81% | 0.008 (0.060) | ||
| >81% | |||
| % households with a single construction | <54% | 0.213 (0.072) | 0.0003 |
| 54-60% | 0.023 (0.070) | ||
| 60-67% | -0.080 (0.066) | ||
| >67% | |||
| % households with an illiterate mother | <49% | 0.005 (0.090) | 0.4626 |
| 49-54% | 0.009 (0.082) | ||
| 54-59% | 0.088 (0.071) | ||
| >59% | |||