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Table 3 Parameter estimates of the multi-level analysis of LBW births (Bold rows represent statistically significant results at the 5% level)

From: Small-scale health-related indicator acquisition using secondary data spatial interpolation

CCHS Variable

Estimate

Standard Error

t Value

P > |T|

Household income by kriging (per $1000)

-0.0087

0.0026

-3.31

0.0009

Household income by Census (per $1000)

-0.0046

0.0011

-3.99

<.0001

Self-perceived health (SPH)

0.3170

0.1229

2.58

0.0099

Chronic health conditions (CHC)

0.4143

0.4600

0.90

0.3678

Self-perceived unmet health need (SPUH)

0.7993

0.6334

1.26

0.2070

Self-perceived stress (SPS)

0.6062

0.2535

2.39

0.0168

Sense of not belonging to local communities (SBC)

0.3009

0.1799

1.67

0.0944

Emotional unhappiness (EU)

2.6028

1.6057

1.62

0.1050

Food insecurity (FI)

1.2511

0.4424

2.83

0.0047

Insufficient vegetable intakes (IV)

1.8912

0.4351

4.35

<.0001

Daily smoking (DS)

0.03591

0.02922

1.23

0.2191

Smoking inside home (SIH)

-0.4767

0.7782

-0.61

0.5401

Physical inactiveness (PI)

0.8791

0.3502

2.51

0.0121

Regular drinking (RD)

-0.8324

0.4418

-1.88

0.0596

Hard drinking (HD)

-0.4907

0.5052

-0.97

0.3314