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. 2021 Aug 25;23(8):e28716. doi: 10.2196/28716

Table 5.

Model 3: dynamic regression model predicting the Gini index with ARIMAa error term (1, 0, 2).

Measures Gini index P value
Predictors of the Gini index, estimate of effect (95% CI)

Intercept 23.90 (23.60 to 24.20) <.001

Statutory holidays (1 for holidays, 0 for nonholidays) 0.44 (0.08 to 0.81) .02

Business closure 0.11 (0.05 to 0.17) <.001

Regional differences in lockdown


Regions are in the same stage of lockdown Reference group N/Ab


Regions are in different stages of lockdown –0.738 (–1.19 to –0.28) .001


Regions are not under lockdown 0.16 (–0.89 to 1.22) .77

New COVID-19 case counts in Canada, excluding Ontario (in hundreds of cases) –0.01 (–0.04 to 0.01) .31

New COVID-19 case counts (in hundreds of cases) 0.00 (–0.07 to 0.07) .99

Regions are in different stages of lockdown × new cases 0.11 (0.01 to 0.21) .02

Regions are not under lockdown × new cases –1.98 (–5.06 to 1.10) .21
Goodness of fit

With covariates, AICc 461.82 N/A

Without covariates, AIC 573.98 N/A

aARIMA: autoregressive integrated moving average.

bN/A: not applicable.

cAIC: Akaike information criterion.