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Table 2 Spatial regression model for estimating the spatial association between delivery conducted by SBA by background factors among women in India, (N = 640)

From: Spatial inequalities in skilled birth attendance in India: a spatial-regional model approach

Predictors

Delivery conducted by SBA

OLS (Coef. (p-value))

SLM (Coef. (p-value))

SEM (Coef. (p-value))

Educated

− 0.089 (0.015)

−0.079 (0.028)

0.062 (0.136)

Mass media exposure

0.239 (0.000)

0.234 (0.000)

0.252 (0.000)

Four or more ANC

0.217 (0.000)

0.197 (0.000)

0.252 (0.000)

First birth order

0.520 (0.000)

0.489 (0.000)

0.611 (0.000)

Female headed HH

0.130 (0.022)

0.171 (0.002)

0.137 (0.029)

SC/ST

−0.092 (0.000)

−0.084 (0.000)

−0.034 (0.111)

Non-Hindu

−0.100 (0.000)

−0.082 (0.000)

− 0.052 (0.008)

Poor

−0.016 (0.591)

0.005 (0.864)

0.045 (0.185)

Rural

0.015 (0.496)

0.006 (0.784)

0.044 (0.044)

N

640

640

640

ρ

 

0.140 (0.000)

 

Lamda

  

0.739 (0.000)

AIC

4713.6

4691.1

4483.9

Adjusted R square

0.68

0.69

0.81

  1. AIC: Akaike information criterion, OLS: Ordinary least-square, SLM: Spatial lag model, SEM: Spatial error model, SBA: skilled birth attendant, ANC: antenatal care, HH: household, SC/ST: Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe; Coef: Coefficient