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Table 3 Unadjusted average partial effect of sibling mortality correlation on probability of infant death in Nigeria, 1980–2013

From: Clustering of infant deaths among Nigerian women: investigation of temporal patterns using dynamic random effects model

Row no.

Probabilities

Computation

1980–1989

(n = 30,330)

1990–1999

(n = 74,211)

2000–2009

(106478)

≥ 2010

(n = 21,071)

1

Probability of infant death conditional on death of the preceding sibling (p1)

Obtained from the life table technique using the Kaplan-Meier method

0.2435

0.247

0.1982

0.1262

2

Probability of infant death conditional on survival of the preceding sibling (p0)

Obtained from the life table technique using the Kaplan-Meier method

0.0763

0.0752

0.0643

0.0499

3

Average partial effect (p1 − p0)

Row 1 − row 2

0.1672

0.1718

0.1339

0.0763