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Table 4 Results for the fixed effects spatial error model (SEA) and the fixed effects spatial autocorrelation model (SAR) for the log of infant mortality rate

From: Infant mortality in Brazil, 1980-2000: A spatial panel data analysis

Spatial fixed effects

Dependent variable: log(infant mortality rate)

FE SEA model

FE SAR model

Number of public health care institutions per 1,000 people

-0.048

***

-0.012

 

Number of private health care institutions per 1,000 people

-0.166

***

-0.159

***

% of households with access to water

-0.259

***

-0.142

***

% of households with access to sanitation

-0.222

***

-0.160

***

Average income (2000 R$)

-0.001

***

0.000

***

Gini Index

0.244

***

0.083

***

Female illiteracy rate (15 years old or more)

0.187

***

0.305

***

% of urban population

-0.047

*

-0.221

***

Adolescent fertility rate (10-19 years old)

0.168

***

0.139

*

W * Number of public health care institutions per 1,000 people

-0.213

***

  

W * Number of private health care institutions per 1,000 people

-0.561

***

  

W * % of households with access to water

-1.000

***

  

W * % of households with access to sanitation

-0.569

***

  

atial error autocorrelation (ρ)

0.786

***

  

Spatial lag of the log(infant mortality rate) (δ)

  

0.7789

***

R 2

0.8875

 

0.9554

 

σ ε 2

0.0194

 

0.0188

 

Loglikelihood

5,264.64

 

5,447.57

 

AIC

-10,501.28

 

-10,875.14

 

Corr-squared

0.7699

 

0.8045

 

N

10,977

 

10,977

 
  1. * α = 0.10; ** α = 0.05; *** α = 0.01;