Table 3. Backward Stepwise Regression and Spatial Lag Regression models.
| Backward Stepwise Regression (n = 97) | Spatial Lag Regression (n = 97) | |||||
| Unstandardized Coefficient | Standard Error | P-Value | Unstandardized Coefficient | Standard Error | P Value | |
| Syphilis | ||||||
| % adult population employed males * | −2.016042 | 0.7411878 | 0.00782 | −1.870957 | 0.722857 | 0.00965 |
| % population unregistered* | −0.2168563 | 0.06814441 | 0.00200 | −0.2089737 | 0.06630818 | 0.00162 |
| % population divorced males | 1.40436 | 0.1703864 | 0.00000 | 1.359753 | 0.1663898 | 0.00000 |
| Standard Of Living Index | 0.3153882 | 0.07262007 | 0.00004 | 0.3085046 | 0.07063666 | 0.00001 |
| % population aged 20–40 year old female* | −0.2109721 | 0.06410162 | 0.00142 | −0.2058472 | 0.062106 | 0.00092 |
| Adjusted R squared | 0.665383 | 0.685503 | ||||
| Spatial Parameter | - | 0.06211572 | 0.06435821 | 0.33447 | ||
| Akaike Information Criterion | 182.774 | 183.987 | ||||
| Log likelihood | −85.3871 | −84.9935 | ||||
| Gonorrhea | ||||||
| % adult population employed males * | −3.893117 | 0.7919251 | 0 | −3.750062 | 0.7856825 | 0 |
| Illiteracy Rate | −0.3450462 | 0.1250601 | 0.0070083 | −0.3425638 | 0.1215131 | 0.0048152 |
| % population divorced males | 0.6118275 | 0.2212174 | 0.0068773 | 0.6097434 | 0.2139931 | 0.0043809 |
| Standard Of Living Index | 0.3267239 | 0.08492692 | 0.0002215 | 0.3204018 | 0.08245565 | 0.0001021 |
| % population divorced females | 0.6076922 | 0.1062824 | 0 | 0.5840591 | 0.1077762 | 0 |
| Adjusted R squared | 0.682448 | 0.700008 | ||||
| Spatial Parameter | 0.04291393 | 0.07238207 | 0.5532609 | |||
| Akaike Information Criterion | 206.055 | 207.744000 | ||||
| Log likelihood | −97.0275 | −96.872100 | ||||
| Combined Syphilis and Gonorrhea Index (CSGI) | ||||||
| % adult population employed males * | −5.885109 | 1.127263 | 0 | −4.576749 | 1.109204 | 0 |
| % population divorced males | 1.452001 | 0.3225491 | 0 | 1.273677 | 0.3052852 | 0 |
| % population divorced females | 0.7257388 | 0.1781957 | 0 | 0.5770036 | 0.1709695 | 0.0007386 |
| Standard Of Living Index | 0.5815712 | 0.1176782 | 0 | 0.5326644 | 0.1112608 | 0 |
| % population unregistered* | −0.3482218 | 0.1114422 | 0.0023884 | −0.3079282 | 0.1067888 | 0.0039326 |
| Adjusted R squared | 0.71437 | 0.747618 | ||||
| Spatial Parameter | 0.241017 | 0.08202854 | 0.0033013 | |||
| Akaike Information Criterion | 275.639 | 271.411 | ||||
| Log likelihood | −131.82 | −128.705 | ||||
*Inversely transformed variables.