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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 4 Odds ratios from the fixed-effects and mixed-effects models

From: Motivations and barriers to death registration in Dakar, Senegal

  

Fixed-effects model

Mixed-effects model

  

(1)

(2)

(3)

Individual characteristics

   

 Sex of the deceased

Female

0.995

0.968

0.962

 Age of the deceased

0–4

0.455***

0.503***

0.506***

(ref: 15–59)

5–14

0.549***

0.602***

0.627***

 

60 + 

1.302***

1.275***

1.277***

Household characteristics

   

 Education of the HH head

Attended school

 

1.540***

1.536***

 Age of the HH head

10–29

 

0.728***

0.680***

 (ref: 30–59)

60 + 

 

1.454***

1.382***

 Wealth quintiles

Poorer

 

1.170**

1.136***

 (ref: Poorest)

Middle

 

1.396***

1.302*

 

Richer

 

1.618***

1.583***

 

Richest

 

1.638***

1.515***

 Birth certificate

Birth certificate

 

1.821***

1.747***

 (ref: None)

Decree in lieu of birth certificate

 

1.413**

1.453*

 

DK

 

0.790

0.796

Contextual characterictics

   

 Department

Guediawaye

 

1.005

 

 (ref: Dakar)

Pikine

 

0.766***

 
 

Rufisque

 

0.508***

 

Index of accessibility (logged)

  

1.133***

 Population density (logged)

  

1.021

 Crude death rate

   

1.338***

Constant

Constant

5.379***

2.211***

0.274*

Observations

 

12,973

12,895

12,895

Log likelihood

 

 − 5,701.115

 − 5,463.310

 − 5,327.8

Akaike inf. crit

 

11,412.230

10,962.620

10,693.7

  1. *p < 0.1; **p < 0.05; ***p < 0.01