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Table 4 Geographically weighted regressions

From: Nutritional inequalities among under-five children: a geospatial analysis of hotspots and cold spots in 73 low- and middle-income countries

  

Global coefficients

Local (GWR) coefficients

Dependent

Independent variables

Coef

SD

t-value

AICc

Min

LQ

Median

UQ

Max

AICc

Stunting

Intercept

59.46*

2.80

21.24

5193.66

-60.96

19.15

49.47

69.05

109.49

4715.95

Stunting

Sexual intercourse

-0.48*

0.17

-2.77

 

-3.62

-0.99

0.09

1.65

6.25

 

Stunting

Health facility

-0.16*

0.02

-9.35

 

-0.71

-0.28

-0.15

-0.08

0.24

 

Stunting

Exclusive breastfeeding

0.09

0.16

0.56

 

-2.92

-0.54

0.29

1.17

3.58

 

Stunting

Women’s education

-0.11*

0.02

-4.51

 

-0.50

-0.25

-0.14

-0.08

0.15

 

Stunting

Electricity

-0.08*

0.02

-5.01

 

-0.51

-0.16

-0.03

0.05

0.32

 

Wasting

Intercept

9.28*

1.59

5.84

4395.13

-29.87

-5.88

5.89

21.33

62.38

3874.59

Wasting

Sexual intercourse

0.41*

0.10

4.21

 

-2.54

-0.86

-0.03

1.08

2.68

 

Wasting

Health facility

-0.12*

0.01

-11.81

 

-0.31

-0.10

-0.04

0.01

0.10

 

Wasting

Exclusive breastfeeding

-0.49*

0.09

-5.36

 

-3.45

-0.85

-0.26

-0.09

4.57

 

Wasting

Women’s education

-0.04*

0.01

-2.80

 

-0.42

-0.06

-0.01

0.03

0.20

 

Wasting

Electricity

0.02*

0.01

2.21

 

-0.17

-0.04

-0.02

0.02

0.43

 

Underweight

Intercept

35.50*

2.50

14.19

5034.82

-56.18

3.29

15.06

46.07

124.11

4379.98

Underweight

Sexual intercourse

0.10

0.15

0.65

 

-4.73

-0.81

0.32

1.35

4.35

 

Underweight

Health facility

-0.23*

0.02

-14.90

 

-0.52

-0.19

-0.10

-0.03

0.27

 

Underweight

Exclusive breastfeeding

-0.36*

0.15

-2.48

 

-11.78

-0.95

-0.21

0.38

6.52

 

Underweight

Women’s education

-0.11*

0.02

-5.07

 

-0.90

-0.13

-0.07

0.00

0.26

 

Underweight

Electricity

0.00

0.01

0.21

 

-0.43

-0.11

-0.05

0.03

0.51

 
  1. *p < 0.05
  2. Definitions of the independent variables is as under:
  3. • Sexual intercourse: Median age at first sexual intercourse in years among women age 25–49
  4. • Health facility: Percentage of live births in the five (or three) years preceding the survey delivered at a health facility
  5. • Exclusive breastfeeding: Median duration of exclusive breastfeeding (months)
  6. • Women’s education: Percentage of women with secondary or higher education
  7. • Electricity: Percentage of households with electricity
  8. Min Minimum, LQ Lower quartile, UQ Upper quartile, Max Maximum, AICs Corrected Akaike information criterion
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International Journal for Equity in Health

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