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. 2015 Oct 1;10(10):e0139427. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139427

Table 6. Cox regression analysis for loans’ survival time.

Predictors Parameter estimate Standard error Risk ratio
Loan purpose
Wedding -0.435*** 0.154 0.647
Credit card -0.423*** 0.069 0.655
Car loan -0.353*** 0.125 0.702
Major purchase -0.300*** 0.091 0.741
Home improvement -0.193** 0.081 0.825
Debt consolidation 0.021 0.040 1.021
House 0.073 0.201 1.076
Vacation 0.074 0.181 1.076
Other 0.160*** 0.059 1.173
Medical 0.299** 0.131 1.348
Moving 0.329** 0.132 1.390
Renewable energy 0.339 0.334 1.403
Educational 0.443*** 0.147 1.557
Small business 0.824*** 0.070 2.279
Housing situation
Mortgage -0.176*** 0.041 0.838
Own -0.007 0.073 0.993
Rent 0.161*** 0.040 1.175
Other 0.492* 0.251 1.635
Borrower Assessment
Subgrade -0.071*** 0.003 0.931
Interest rate 14.444*** 0.619 1873887
Loan Characteristics
Loan Amount 0.000 0.000 1.000
Borrower Characteristics
Annual Income 0.000*** 0.000 1.000
Employment Length -0.006 0.006 0.994
Credit History
Credit History Length 0.000*** 0.000 1.000
Delinquency 2 Years 0.120*** 0.034 1.128
Inquiries Last 6 Months 0.186*** 0.016 1.204
Public Records 0.470*** 0.061 1.600
Revolving Utilization 0.925*** 0.070 2.522
Open Accounts -0.012** 0.005 0.988
Months Since Last Delinquency -0.002 0.001 0.988
Borrower Indebtedness
Loan Amount to Annual Income 1.578*** 0.174 4.845
Annual Instalment to Income 4.654*** 0.436 104.982
Debt to Income 0.015*** 0.003 1.015

Number of loans analyzed: 24,449. Defaulted: 2,666 (10.9%). Non-defaulted: 21,783 (89.1%).

*** significant at the 1% level

** significant at 5% the level

* significant at the 10% level.