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. 2021 May 14;78:101083. doi: 10.1016/j.seps.2021.101083

Table 2.

COVID-19 case numbers: Coefficient estimates for the SAR, SEM and SAC models discussed in Section 2.2.

Variable SAR
SEM
SAC
Coeff. (Std. Err.) Coeff. (Std. Err.) Coeff. (Std. Err.)
Early cases 6.78** (1.24) 6.58** (1.23) 6.50** (1.22)
Economy
HH income 0.22 (0.17) 0.14 (0.17) 0.18 (0.17)
Unempl. rate −22.35 (22.91) −30.24 (22.84) −28.42 (22.81)
Pers. services −2.96 (7.90) −6.65 (7.96) −6.44 (8.00)
Pers. nursing 2.97* (1.45) 2.91* (1.43) 3.03* (1.42)
Academics 28.77** (9.14) 27.72** (9.12) 28.11** (9.09)
Industry share −0.27 (3.95) 0.37 (3.88) 0.06 (3.87)
Service share 3.85 (4.17) 2.31 (4.07) 2.40 (4.05)
Tourist beds −0.67 (0.56) −0.57 (0.56) −0.64 (0.56)
Old age pov. 4.12 (3.78) 4.81 (3.74) 4.49 (3.74)
Demography
Mean age 94.82 (54.85) 101.74 (53.93) 106.05* (53.83)
Over 75 −117.55* (52.88) −127.96* (52.65) −129.65* (52.49)
Women 70.64 (45.65) 85.73 (45.36) 83.25 (45.24)
Health
Heart failure 15.29 (24.67) 10.60 (24.79) 10.21 (24.74)
COPD −21.46 (20.98) −13.58 (21.68) −14.02 (21.67)
Physicians −33.73** (12.92) −37.47** (12.83) −36.45** (12.81)
Hospital beds −7.82 (9.50) −3.69 (9.31) −4.28 (9.32)
Pharmacies 2.98 (6.33) 6.46 (6.48) 5.09 (6.58)
Infant mortality −4.36 (11.06) −3.57 (10.84) −3.25 (10.80)
Life expectancy 140.42** (40.79) 118.54** (40.92) 125.50** (41.20)
Need of care 0.44 (0.42) 0.39 (0.43) 0.39 (0.43)
Region
Pop. density 0.34** (0.07) 0.36** (0.07) 0.37** (0.07)
Car density −0.42 (0.61) −0.35 (0.60) −0.37 (0.60)
Commuter balance 0.52 (1.69) 0.37 (1.70) 0.30 (1.71)
Share of foreigners −0.57 (10.88) −5.75 (10.85) −2.85 (11.01)
Immigr. human. reasons 8.59 (21.25) 8.64 (20.76) 8.20 (20.68)
Multi-fam. houses −2.98 (3.68) −1.38 (3.72) −1.61 (3.72)
Regions urban. appr. −13.50 (63.12) −49.40 (66.35) −50.08 (66.31)
Rural regions 28.28 (78.19) −4.35 (81.83) −8.42 (81.93)
Pupils −36.05 (19.50) −39.19* (18.67) −35.43 (18.78)
Childcare −9.04 (4.84) −6.69 (5.03) −7.65 (5.10)
Interactions (centered)
Childcare × mean age 3.35** (1.30) 2.97* (1.30) 3.03* (1.30)
Pupils × mean age 19.04* (8.93) 18.57* (8.53) 18.15* (8.50)
Nursing × mean age 0.57 (0.47) 0.42 (0.47) 0.47 (0.47)
Constant −16728.64** (4347.27) −15734.84** (4307.13) −16324.19** (4323.41)
lambda −1.04** (0.33) −0.69 (0.49)
rho 1.03** (0.03) 1.06** (0.06)
sigma2 121389.73** (8594.28) 119734.46** (8466.83) 118921.29** (8417.15)
Log likelihood −2917.81 −2917.28 −2916.17
LR chi2 (OLS) 9.51** 10.56** 12.78**
LR chi2 (SAC) 3.27 2.23

The significance level symbols are for 10%, * for 5%, and ** for 1%.