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Table 1 Association of yearly Malaria cases and tourist arrivals in Mauritius

From: The economic benefits of malaria elimination: do they include increases in tourism?

 

Outcome: Ln (Tourist Arrivals)

 

Bivariate unadjusted model

Adjusted model

Ln (Malaria Cases)

−0.18

 

−0.021

 
 

[0.15]

 

[0.024]

 

Ln (UK Passengers)

  

1.47

***

   

[0.053]

 

Constant

13.03

***

2.88

***

 

[0.689]

 

[0.053]

 

N

26

 

22

 

Years

1974-1999

 

1978-1999

 
  1. Note: Each column displays the estimated coefficients and standard errors in brackets from the log-log regression models.
  2. P-value significance level is denoted by *** sig at 1%; ** sig at 5%; * sig at 10%.
  3. Adjusted model accounts for the yearly number of air travellers passing through the UK, which includes transit passengers from other origins passing through Heathrow Airport.
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