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Table 4 Muncipal characteristics do not predict correlation between measures of violence against women in the Brazilian health care system

From: Do health sector measures of violence against women at different levels of severity correlate? Evidence from Brazil

Correlations between these measures

Clinics and hosptializations (SINAN Reports)

Hospitalization (SINAN reports) and overnight hospitalizations

Hospitalizations (registry) and homicides

Overnight hospitalizations and homicides

IPV (registry) and overnight hospitalizations

IPV (registry) and homicides

Coef

SE

Coef

SE

Coef

SE

Coef

SE

Coef

SE

Coef

SE

Poverty index

0.11

(0.15)

0.11

(0.11)

0.06

(0.09)

0.14

(0.10)

0.02

(0.09)

0.08

(0.11)

Women's police station

− 0.14

(0.16)

− 0.14

(0.12)

0.03

(0.10)

− 0.09

(0.11)

− 0.12

(0.10)

0.04

(0.11)

Local police station

− 0.1

(0.12)

− 0.12

(0.09)

0

(0.07)

0

(0.08)

0.11

(0.08)

0.03

(0.09)

Police spending

0.03

(0.04)

− 0.02

(0.03)

− 0.02

(0.02)

0

(0.03)

− 0.02

(0.02)

0.01

(0.03)

Public health spending

0.12

(0.26)

0.32

(0.20)

0.23

(0.16)

0.48***

(0.17)

− 0.18

(0.16)

0.15

(0.19)

Civic engagement index

− 0.2

(0.12)

0

(0.09)

− 0.01

(0.07)

0.06

(0.08)

− 0.04

(0.07)

0.05

(0.08)

Share of population female

− 10.32*

(6.01)

5.56

(4.54)

3.89

(3.58)

0.9

(3.98)

3.56

(3.74)

2.56

(4.24)

Log female population 15–49

0.13*

(0.07)

0

(0.05)

0.01

(0.04)

0.04

(0.04)

− 0.10**

(0.04)

− 0.02

(0.05)

Constant

4.09

(2.77)

− 2.32

(2.12)

− 2.02

(1.67)

− 0.63

(1.86)

− 0.58

(1.74)

− 1.03

(1.98)

  1. *p < 0.1, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01
  2. N = 63 municipalities
  3. 2011–2016, correlations of quarterly data