Table 3.
Linear mixed effect models examining the relationship between COVID-19 burden in a country and the natural log of the number of publications related to COVID-19 and women's well-being including focus on that country six months later.
| Estimate | SE | p-value | Estimate | SE | p-value | Estimate | SE | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Within effects | |||||||||
| ln COVID-19 cases per 100 population | 0·17 | 0·05 | <0·001 | ||||||
| ln COVID-19 deaths per 100 population | 2·89 | 1·49 | 0·05 | ||||||
| ln COVID-19 case fatality ratio | 0·05 | 0·01 | <0·001 | ||||||
| Author affiliations with focal country | |||||||||
| Neither lead nor senior | 0·26 | 0·01 | <0·001 | 0·26 | 0·01 | <0·001 | 0·25 | 0·01 | <0·001 |
| Only lead | 0·16 | 0·04 | <0·001 | 0·17 | 0·04 | <0·001 | 0·16 | 0·04 | <0·001 |
| Only senior | 0·32 | 0·05 | <0·001 | 0·32 | 0·05 | <0·001 | 0·32 | 0·05 | <0·001 |
| Both lead and senior/Lead author in single-author paper | 0·08 | 0·01 | <0·001 | 0·09 | 0·01 | <0·001 | 0·09 | 0·01 | <0·001 |
| Between effects | |||||||||
| ln COVID-19 cases per 100 population (mean) | 0·23 | 0·12 | 0·06 | ||||||
| ln COVID-19 deaths per 100 population (mean) | 0·90 | 2·94 | 0·76 | ||||||
| ln COVID-19 case fatality ratio (mean) | 0·02 | 0·02 | 0·47 | ||||||
| Author affiliations with focal country | |||||||||
| Neither lead nor senior (mean) | 0·51 | 0·04 | <0·001 | 0·52 | 0·04 | <0·001 | 0·53 | 0·04 | <0·001 |
| Only lead (mean) | 0·73 | 0·16 | <0·001 | 0·72 | 0·17 | <0·001 | 0·73 | 0·18 | <0·001 |
| Only senior (mean) | 0·08 | 0·29 | 0·77 | 0·09 | 0·29 | 0·77 | 0·05 | 0·32 | 0·87 |
| Both lead and senior/Lead author in single-author paper (mean) | 0·00 | 0·01 | 0·83 | 0·00 | 0·02 | 1·00 | -0·00 | 0·02 | 0·83 |
| Income group | |||||||||
| Low | REF | REF | REF | ||||||
| Lower-middle | 0·01 | 0·03 | 0·87 | 0·01 | 0·03 | 0·84 | 0·01 | 0·04 | 0·78 |
| Upper-middle | -0·02 | 0·04 | 0·69 | 0·01 | 0·04 | 0·87 | 0·01 | 0·04 | 0·86 |
| Gender Inequality Index | 0·12 | 0·10 | 0·22 | 0·07 | 0·10 | 0·51 | 0·05 | 0·11 | 0·66 |
| ln development assistance (USD, millions) | 0·02 | 0·02 | 0·32 | 0·01 | 0·02 | 0·43 | 0·01 | 0·02 | 0·58 |
| Random effects | |||||||||
| Country | 0·08 | 0·08 | 0·09 | ||||||
| Residual | 0·30 | 0·30 | 0·30 | ||||||
| Model fit | |||||||||
| AIC | 821·84 | 819·56 | 809·52 |
Note: Outcome is natural log of the number of publications.