Health gender gap in Uganda: do weather effects and water play a role?

Table 2 KHB decomposition results of direct, indirect and total effects of weather variables, through water pathway

	Women				Men
	Logit		Average partial effects		Logit		Average partial effects
Variables	Coef.	Std. Err.	Coef.	Std. Err.	Coef.	Std. Err.	Coef.	Std. Err.
	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)
Panel A
Negative rainfall deviation
Reduced model (total effect).	0.3890***	0.0665	0.0806***	0.0137	0.3658***	0.0761	0.0648***	0.0134
Full model (direct effect)	0.3814***	0.0665	0.0790***	0.0137	0.3637***	0.0761	0.0644***	0.0134
Difference (Indirect effect)	0.0076**	0.0037	0.0016	.	0.0021	0.0022	0.0004	.
Confounding ratio	1.0198		1.0198		1.006		1.006
Mediation percentage	1.94		1.94		0.57		0.57
Month temperature
Reduced model	0.1725***	0.0601	0.0357***	0.0124	0.2478***	0.0718	0.0439***	0.0127
Full model	0.1671***	0.0601	0.0346***	0.0124	0.2462***	0.0718	0.0436***	0.0127
Difference	0.0054	0.0034	0.0011	.	0.0017	0.0021	0.0003	.
Confounding ratio	1.0322		1.0322		1.007		1.007
Mediation percentage	3.13		3.13		0.67		0.67
Panel B
Extreme negative rain
Reduced	0.4412***	0.0714	0.0914***	0.0147	0.3632***	0.0776	0.0644***	0.0137
Full	0.4292***	0.0714	0.0889***	0.0147	0.3641***	0.0776	0.0645***	0.0137
Diff	0.0121***	0.0045	0.0025	.	−0.0009	0.0021	−0.0002	.
Confounding ratio	1.0281		1.0281		0.9976		0.9976
Mediation percentage	2.73		2.73		−0.24		− 0.24
Month temperature
Reduced	0.1593***	0.0601	0.0330***	0.0124	0.2550***	0.0720	0.0452***	0.0127
Full	0.1541***	0.0602	0.0319***	0.0124	0.2532***	0.0720	0.0449***	0.0127
Diff	0.0052	0.0035	0.0011	.	0.0018	0.0022	0.0003	.
Confounding ratio	1.0337		1.0337		1.0070		1.0070
Mediation percentage	3.26		3.26		0.70		0.70
N	11,567		11,567		10,901		10,901

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