From: Infant mortality in Brazil, 1980-2000: A spatial panel data analysis
Variable name | Code | Description | Source | Reference years | Expected signal |
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Infant Mortality Rate | imr | Number of people that will not complete 1 year of life from 1,000 born alive in the reference year. | IPEAdata, UNDP (Humand Development Atlas of Brazil) | 1980, 1991 and 2000 | Â |
log(Intant Mortality Rate) | l_imr | Logarithm of the Infant Mortality Rate. | IPEAdata, UNDP (Humand Development Atlas of Brazil) | 1980, 1991 and 2000 | Dependent |
Number of public health care institutions per 1,000 people | pub_hospit | Number of public health care institutions in the MCA divided by the population and multiplied by 1,000. | DATASUS - Ministry of Health | 1981, 1990 and 1999* | - |
Number of private health care institutions per 1,000 people | priv_hospit | Number of private health care institutions in the MCA divided by the population and multiplied by 1,000. | DATASUS - Ministry of Health | 1981, 1990 and 1999* | - |
% of households with access to water | water access | Percentage of households with access to water. | Microdata of the Demographic Census (IBGE) | 1980, 1991 and 2000 | - |
% of households with access to sanitation | sanitation | Percentage of households with access to sanitation. | Microdata of the Demographic Census (IBGE) | 1980, 1991 and 2000 | - |
Average income (2000 R$) | average income | Average household per capita income. | Microdata of the Demographic Census (IBGE) | 1980, 1991 and 2000 | - |
Gini Index | gini | Gini index (ranges from 0 - complete equality - to 1 - only one person concentrates the income), obtained from the per capita household income. | Microdata of the Demographic Census (IBGE) | 1980, 1991 and 2000 | +/- |
Female illiteracy rate (15 years old or more) | fem_illiteracy | Number of women older than 15 years that are illiterate over the total of women older than 15. | Microdata of the Demographic Census (IBGE) | 1980, 1991 and 2000 | Â |
% of urban population | %urban_pop | Percentage of people living in the urban area of the MCA. | Microdata of the Demographic Census (IBGE) | 1980, 1991 and 2000 | - |
Adolescent fertility rate (10-19 years old) | adol_fertility | Percentage of women from 10-19 years old with children. | Microdata of the Demographic Census (IBGE) | 1980, 1991 and 2000 | + |
W * Number of public health care institutions per 1,000 people | W*pub_hospit | Spatial lag (average of the neighbors) of the number of public health care instituitions over 1,000 people. | DATASUS - Ministry of Health | 1981, 1990 and 1999* | - |
W * Number of private health care institutions per 1,000 people | W*priv_hospit | Spatial lag (average of the neighbors) of the number of private health care instituitions over 1,000 people. | DATASUS - Ministry of Health | 1981, 1990 and 1999* | - |
W * % of households with access to water | W*water access | Spatial lag (average of the neighbors) of the percentage of households with access to water. | Microdata of the Demographic Census (IBGE) | 1980, 1991 and 2000 | - |
W * % of households with access to sanitation | W*sanitation | Spatial lag (average of the neighbors) of the percentage of households with access to sanitation. | Microdata of the Demographic Census (IBGE) | 1980, 1991 and 2000 | - |