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Table 3 Standardized parameter estimates of the structural equation model (Eq. 1, 2, 3 and 4)

From: Associations in the continuum of care for maternal, newborn and child health: a population-based study of 12 sub-Saharan Africa countries

Paths

Parameter

Std. Coeff.

Std. Error

t-value

PERSONAL → ANTENAT

β 1

−0.004

0 · 002

−2.33*

COMMUN → ANTENAT

β 2

0.08

0.003

27.29***

SES → ANTENAT

Β 3

0.36

0 · 004

99.11***

PERSONAL → DELIVERY

Β 4

−0.03

0.001

−20.61***

COMMUN → DELIVERY

Β 5

−0.05

0.003

−22.04***

SES → DELIVERY

Β 6

0.35

0.003

112.39***

ANTENAT → DELIVERY

Β 7

0.32

0.003

101.68***

PERSONAL → POSTNAT

Β 8

0.001

0.001

0.91

COMMUN → POSTNAT

Β 9

0.07

0.002

35.47***

SES → POSTNAT

Β 10

0.02

0.003

6.83***

BABY → POSTNAT

Β 11

0.02

0.002

10.32***

ANTENAT → POSTNAT

Β 12

−0.001

0.003

−0.46

DELIVERY → POSTNAT

Β 13

0.78

0.003

274.19***

PERSONAL → VACCINAT

Β 14

−0.01

0.001

−8.01***

COMMUN → VACCINAT

Β 15

0.13

0.003

50.92***

SES → VACCINAT

Β 16

0.10

0.004

28.27***

BABY → VACCINAT

Β 17

−0.23

0.003

−84.82***

ANTENAT → VACCINAT

Β 18

0.36

0.004

94.91***

DELIVERY → VACCINAT

β 19

0.15

0.005

30.54***

POSTNAT → VACCINAT

Β 20

−0.02

0.005

−4.64***

  1. a The Full Information Maximum Likelihood estimation procedure took into account the missing at random (MAR) and missing completely at random (MCAR) data; Std. Coeff. standardized coefficient, Std. Error. standard error. The continuum of care for MNCH paths are in bold
  2. *p < 0 · 05, ***p < 0 · 001 (two-tailed)