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. 2012 Mar 12;12:181. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-181

Table 3.

Results for the pooled and the spatial fixed effects models for the log of infant mortality rate

Dependent variable: log(infant mortality rate) Pooled model Fixed Effects
Constant 4.064 ***

Number of public health care institutions per 1,000 people 0.004 -0.011

Number of private health care institutions per 1,000 people -0.153 *** -0.246 ***

% of households with access to water 0.151 *** -0.058 **

% of households with access to sanitation -0.040 -0.214 ***

Average income (2000 R$) -0.001 *** 0.000

Gini Index -0.103 ** -0.109

Female illiteracy rate (15 years old or more) 1.805 *** 0.697 ***

% of urban population -0.150 *** -0.770 ***

Adolescent fertility rate (10-19 years old) -0.983 *** 0.408 ***

W * Number of public health care institutions per 1,000 People -0.070 *** -0.208 ***

W * Number of private health care institutions per 1,000 people -1.216 *** -1.286 ***

W * % of households with access to water -0.908 *** -0.900 ***

W * % of households with access to sanitation -0.064 ** -0.747 ***

R2 0.7311 0.7906

Adjusted R2 0.7308 0.7904

σε2 0.1137 0.0401

LM test - spatial lag 0.58 9,708.69 ***

robust LM test - spatial lag 0.07 1,710.14 ***

LM test - spatial error 221.95 *** 8,090.69 ***

robust LM test - spatial error 221.43 *** 92.14 ***

N 10,977 10,977

* α = 0.10; ** α = 0.05; *** α = 0.01;