Table 2.

Association* in the incidence of VL with socio-economic and structural variables, Natal, Brazil, 2007–2014

Model	β	p-Value	ρ	p-Value	R2	Predictor
1	−0.3147	0.1000	0.5403	0.0033	0.51	% households with toilets
2	−0.0163	0.0339	0.4047	0.0403	0.51	% households with city water
3	0.0414	0.0007	0.2143	0.3268	0.52	% households with septic tank
4	1.4775	0.0020	0.5154	0.0036	0.58	% without sanitation households
5	−0.5633	<0.0001	0.4699	0.0044	0.68	% households with garbage collection
6	0.0484	0.0151	0.6118	0.0002	0.49	% households with income <1 minimum wage
7	−0.0341	0.0136	0.3891	0.0476	0.52	% households with income >3 minimum wage
8	3.8266	0.0028	0.4166	0.0247	0.58	% average residents per household
9	−0.1394	0.0082	0.4222	0.0254	0.54	% of literacy rate in the neighbourhood

*All nine variables showed R²=0.82 with significance in variables 5 (p<0.0001), 6 (p=0.0467) and 9 (p<0.0001).