Identifying perinatal risk factors for infant maltreatment: an ecological approach

Table 2 Spatial regression of infant maltreatment rates on perinatal risk factors: bivariate

Models	Variables	Coefficient Estimates		P-value	Spatial auto-correlation estimates	AIC	Pseudo-R²
		Estimates	Standard Error (SE)
1	Medicaid beneficiary	0.0213	0.0009	0.0000	0.7133*	2648.5	0.541
2	Unmarried mother	0.0195	0.0009	0.0000	0.7840*	2683.6	0.537
3	Maternal age <20	0.0440	0.0024	0.0000	0.5653*	2701.2	0.518
4	Maternal education < HS	0.0246	0.0014	0.0000	0.7896*	2774.1	0.510
5	Three or more siblings	0.0558	0.0041	0.0000	0.8243*	2887.4	0.477
6	Prenatal care less than adequate	0.0294	0.0023	0.0000	0.8400*	2907.0	0.473
7	Birth weight <2500 g	0.0522	0.0051	0.0000	0.7827*	2950.4	0.452
8	Mother smoked during pregnancy	0.0327	0.0037	0.0000	0.8345*	2981.6	0.446
9	Gestation weeks <37	0.0393	0.0046	0.0000	0.8070*	2986.3	0.442
10	5-Minute APGAR Score < 7	0.0728	0.0152	0.0000	0.8388*	3036.6	0.428
11	Child_risk	0.0408	0.0038	0.0000	0.7733*	2941.9	0.454
12	Composite_risk1	0.0618	0.0028	0.0000	0.7281*	2649.7	0.542
13	Composite_risk2	0.0545	0.0024	0.0000	0.7219*	2626.3	0.548

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