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Table 2 Parameter estimates for the 2001 sample populations

From: Racial disparities in infant mortality: what has birth weight got to do with it and how large is it?

Birth Cohort

z = 0

z = 1

z = 0

z = 1

 

Eur. Am. F.

Af. Am. F.

Eur. Am. M.

Af. Am. M.

η s, 0

-2.75

 

-2.62

 

η s, 1

 

0.46

 

0.35

μ s, 0

2678

 

2739

 

μ s, 1

 

-639

 

-706

σ s, 0

1098

 

1098

 

σ s, 1

 

205

 

238

μ p, 0

3380

 

3509

 

μ p, 1

 

-211

 

-221

σ p, 0

455

 

474

 

σ p, 1

 

0+

 

-2+

A* s, 0

-7.12

 

-7.11

 

B* s, 0

1.06

 

1.29

 

C* s, 0

0.77

 

0.68

 

A* s, 1

 

-1.73

 

-0.83+

B* s, 1

 

0.36+

 

0.11+

C* s, 1

 

0.54

 

0.62

A* p, 0

-6.85

 

-6.57

 

B* p, 0

0.97

 

1.22

 

C* p, 0

0.25

 

0.20

 

A* p, 1

 

0.75

 

0.69

B* p, 1

 

-0.15+

 

-0.44

C* p, 1

 

0.01+

 

0.05+

  1. Eur. = European; Af. = African; Am. = American; F. = females; M. = males
  2. +: = not significantly different from zero based on the bias-adjusted 95% CI