Maternal Mortality and Female Literacy Rates in Developing Countries during 1970–2000: A Latent Growth Curve Analysis

Table 7

Regression of maternal mortality growth parameters on female literacy growth over 1970–2000.

Dependent variables	Maternal mortality intercept		Maternal mortality ratio of change
Independent variables	(𝑏)	(𝐵)	(𝑏)	(𝐵)
	ICEPT1		SLOPE1
Female literacy levels (ICEPT)	−7.648*	−0.854*	−2.31*	−0.540*
Female rate of change (SLOPE)			−4.92*	−0.232*
Age at marriage	0.052	0.007	−4.55	−0.090

^∗𝑃<0.05;  𝑏 and 𝐵 are unstandardized and standardized regression coefficients.