Bayesian spatial analysis of childhood diseases in Zimbabwe

Tsiko, Rodney Godfrey

doi:10.1186/s12889-015-2182-7

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Posterior Mean Estimates of the Fixed Effect Parameters for Diarrhoea

From: Bayesian spatial analysis of childhood diseases in Zimbabwe

Covariate	Category	1999 Survey				2005–6 Survey				2010–11 Survey
Covariate	Category	Mean	SD	2.5 % Quantile	97.5 % Quantile	Mean	SD	2.5 % Quantile	97.5 % Quantile	Mean	SD	2.5 % Quantile	97.5 % Quantile
Const		0.125	0.059	0.011	0.239	0.161	0.047	0.067	0.257	0.440	0.315	−0.183	1.053
Sex of Child
	Female
	Male	−0.010	0.016	−0.041	0.022	−0.004	0.010	−0.025	0.016	0.043	0.045	−0.044	0.131
Preceding Birth Interval
	25 + months
	<25 months	−0.050	0.024	−0.096	−0.002	−0.010	0.015	−0.038	0.018	0.005	0.058	−0.110	0.118
Place of Residence
	Rural
	Urban	−0.021	0.024	−0.066	0.028	−0.006	0.019	−0.042	0.032	0.031	0.054	−0.079	0.133
Marital Status
	Married
	Single	−0.011	0.028	−0.065	0.043	0.033	0.015	0.003	0.066	−0.056	0.078	−0.210	0.101
Household Size
	Small
	Medium and/or large	−0.005	0.015	−0.035	0.025	0.004	0.010	−0.016	0.023	0.037	0.134	−0.300	0.23
Antenatal Visit
	No visits
	Had some visits	−0.038	0.021	−0.080	0.005	−0.005	0.017	−0.040	0.027	−0.040	0.059	−0.156	0.077
Place of Delivery
	Home and others
	Hospital	−0.003	0.020	−0.043	0.036	−0.018	0.012	−0.042	0.004	−0.052	0.051	−0.154	0.045
Mothers Education
	No education
	Primary, Secondary or Higher education	0.005	0.023	−0.040	0.051	−0.021	0.016	−0.052	0.010	−0.079	0.087	−0.250	0.095
Source of Drinking Water
	Unprotected source
	Protected Source	−0.006	0.022	−0.048	0.034	−0.024	0.011	−0.046	−0.002	−0.050	0.054	−0.155	0.054
Type of Toilet Facilities
	No facility
	Pit or flush	0.008	0.020	−0.031	0.047	0.014	0.012	−0.010	0.037	0.019	0.055	−0.085	0.125
Partners Education
	No education
	Primary, Secondary or Higher education	−0.027	0.020	−0.067	0.013	0.016	0.013	−0.010	0.043	−0.003	0.065	−0.132	0.119
Exposure to Mass Media
	No Radio
	Yes Radio	−0.007	0.018	−0.042	0.027	−0.012	0.012	−0.035	0.011	0.044	0.046	−0.043	0.134
Ever Had Vaccination
	No
	Yes	0.032	0.021	−0.007	0.074	−0.007	0.013	−0.033	0.019	0.025	0.051	−0.076	0.13

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