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Table 1 Associations between log standardised mortality rates (log of observed cases/expected cases) for children and socio-demographic indicators adjusted by global mean time-trend among the 115 Manhiça neighbourhoods derived from the Poisson regression models.

From: Spatio-temporal analysis of mortality among children under the age of five in Manhiça (Mozambique) during the period 1997-2005

Covariates

Categories

Estimate

p-value

  

(standard error)

 

Time

Continuous

0.005 (0.009)

0.5736

time2

 

-0.027 (0.004)

<0.0001

% households with WC

<74%

0.170 (0.095)

0.3546

 

74-82%

0.080 (0.077)

 
 

82-89%

0.075 (0.067)

 
 

>89%

  

% households with kitchen

<40%

-0.094 (0.099)

0.5196

 

40-49%

-0.086 (0.080)

 
 

49-59%

-0.001 (0.069)

 
 

>59%

  

% cane households

<62%

-0.065 (0.086)

0.1963

 

62-72%

0.090 (0.067)

 
 

72-81%

0.008 (0.060)

 
 

>81%

  

% households with a single construction

<54%

0.213 (0.072)

0.0003

 

54-60%

0.023 (0.070)

 
 

60-67%

-0.080 (0.066)

 
 

>67%

  

% households with an illiterate mother

<49%

0.005 (0.090)

0.4626

 

49-54%

0.009 (0.082)

 
 

54-59%

0.088 (0.071)

 
 

>59%