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Table 5 Logic model estimation results for household dataset, Sri Lanka

From: Cherish your children: socio-economic and demographic characteristics associated with child mortality

Variable

Estimate

Robust SE

Marginal Effect

Constant

−1.6902

  

Socio-economic characteristics

 Place of Residence

  Western

−1.1689***

0.2829

−0.0053

  Central

−0.4221

0.2682

−0.0022

  Southern

−0.5654**

0.2696

−0.0028

  Northern

−0.6354*

0.3353

−0.0030

  North-Eastern

−0.8516**

0.3314

−0.0037

  Sabaragamuwa

−0.4654

0.3144

−0.0023

Household Head’s Education Level

 No Schooling

−2.8015**

1.2908

−0.0062

 Primary

−2.9325**

1.2415

−0.0111

 Secondary

−2.9401**

1.2437

−0.0110

 Tertiary

−2.7953**

1.2346

−0.0208

 Higher

−3.0703**

1.3622

−0.0062

Sources of Drinking Water

 Tap within premises

−1.0451**

0.5148

−0.0041

 Project in village

−0.6937

0.4248

−0.0031

Household Head’s Employability Status

 Private

0.2662

0.1736

0.0017

Demographic Characteristics

 Ethnicity

  Sri Lankan Moors

0.6916***

0.2234

0.0056

Area under ROC curve

0.6494

Pseudo R2

0.0269

Log likelihood

− 854.2914

No. of observation

21,297

  1. Source: Authors’ calculation based on the DCS [48]