Table 3 Standard and robust standard errors
From: Neonatal mortality in the central districts of Ghana: analysis of community and composition factors
Variable | Standard error for Model IV | Robust standard error |
|---|---|---|
Sex | ||
 Male | – | – |
 Female | 0.092 | 0.055 |
Birth order | ||
 1 | – | – |
 2–3 | 0.317 | 0.376 |
  ≥ 4 | 0.344 | 0.324 |
Educational level | ||
 None | – | – |
 Primary | 0.118 | 0.141 |
 Middle/JHS/JSS | 0.122 | 0.161 |
 Secondary or above | 0.369 | 0.137 |
Tetanus toxoid | ||
 Yes | – | – |
 No | 0.101 | 0.136 |
Gravidity | ||
 1 | – | – |
 2–4 | 0.323 | 0.213 |
  ≥ 5 | 0.373 | 0.270 |
Maternal age at delivery | ||
  < 20 | – | – |
 20–34 | 0.153 | 0.165 |
 35+ | 0.206 | 0.258 |
Previous adverse pregnancies | ||
 Yes | 0.141 | 0.194 |
 No | – | – |
Place of delivery | ||
 Hospital | – | – |
 Health Centre/Clinic | 0.209 | 0.084 |
 Private maternity home | 0.209 | 0.094 |
 TBA’s house | 0.390 | 0.272 |
 At home | 0.110 | 0.064 |
 Other | 0.510 | 0.502 |
Gestational age | 0.009 | 0.008 |
Household wealth | ||
 Poorest | – | – |
 Poorer | 0.144 | 0.121 |
 Third | 0.150 | 0.104 |
 Second | 0.141 | 0.126 |
 Wealthiest | 0.137 | 0.142 |
Crowding | 0.034 | 0.031 |
Ethnic heterogeneity | ||
 Least fractionalised | – | – |
 Moderately fractionalised | 0.350 | 0.319 |
Highly fractionalised | 0.300 | 0.309 |
Distance to nearest health facility | 0.062 | 0.060 |
Travel time to water source | 0.005 | 0.006 |
Poverty | 0.022 | 0.022 |
Sanitation | 0.004 | 0.004 |
Water safety | 0.004 | 0.004 |
Community education | 0.058 | 0.059 |