Results of Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) and simultaneous autoregression (SAR) regression models for associations between selected socioeconomic characteristics and residential exposure to nitrogen dioxide air pollution, by age group, population aged 0 to 17, Montreal Dissemination Areas, 2006
Table 3Model fit | Total aged 0 to 17 | Ages 0 to 1 | Ages 2 to 12 | Ages 13 to 17 | ||||||||||||
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n = 3,126 | n = 2,605 | n = 3,111 | n = 3,005 | |||||||||||||
OLS | SAR (lag) | OLS | SAR (lag) | OLS | SAR (lag) | OLS | SAR (err) | |||||||||
Adjusted R2 | 0.085 | 0.022 | 0.050 | 0.048 | ||||||||||||
Log-likelihood | -8827 | -6392 | -7496 | -5777 | -8859 | -6464 | -8529 | -6328 | ||||||||
AIC | 17665 | 12898 | 15003 | 11602 | 17728 | 12977 | 17069 | 12667 | ||||||||
Spatial autocorrelation | MI | z | MI | z | MI | z | MI | z | ||||||||
Moran's I | 0.79 | 77.46Note * | 0.80 | 64.71Note * | 0.82 | 79.31Note * | 0.80 | 75.34Note * | ||||||||
Socioeconomic characteristics | coeff. | t | coeff. | z | coeff. | t | coeff. | z | coeff. | t | coeff. | z | coeff. | t | coeff. | z |
Household incomeNote † | -0.89 | -5.16Note * | -0.12 | -1.71 | -0.80 | -5.83Note * | -0.14 | -2.18Note * | -1.23 | -7.61Note * | -0.19 | -2.85Note * | -1.05 | -7.48Note * | -0.14 | -2.14Note * |
Lone-parent family | 1.72 | 3.96Note * | 0.28 | 1.54 | 0.24 | 0.67 | 0.18 | 1.08 | 0.83 | 2.25Note * | 0.11 | 0.70 | 0.96 | 3.33Note * | <0.01 | 0.03 |
Visible minority | 1.03 | 3.21Note * | 0.30 | 2.25Note * | 0.43 | 1.86 | 0.22 | 2.01Note * | 0.98 | 3.39Note * | 0.28 | 2.31Note * | 0.86 | 3.27Note * | 0.15 | 1.22 |
Female gender | 0.17 | 0.34 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.48 | 0.77 | 1.93 | 0.23 | 1.38 | -0.05 | -0.17 | 0.06 | 0.56 |
Age | -0.43 | -10.59Note * | -0.06 | -3.60Note * | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable |
Intercept | 32.22 | 16.01Note * | 3.47 | 0.86Note * | 28.14 | 18.20Note * | 3.95 | 5.29Note * | 32.19 | 17.08Note * | 3.68 | 4.53Note * | 30.55 | 18.63Note * | 21.19 | 26.70Note * |
... not applicable
MI = Moran's I Sources: 2006 Census of Canada; Environment Canada, National Air Pollution Surveillance network. |
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