| Regressors in model, in addition to village population |
Coefficient estimate: 1999 mangrove width |
| Only 1999 mangrove width |
-0.631*** |
| Add to above: 1944 mangrove width |
-0.515*** |
| Add to above: Height of storm surge at coast |
-0.524*** |
| Add to above: Topography (three 0-1 dummy variables: low elevation, casuarinas buffer, seawater dike) |
-0.519*** |
| Add to above: Distances to: coast, minor rivers, major rivers, nearest road |
-0.507*** |
| Add to above: Socioeconomic characteristics: literacy rate,-population share in scheduled castes, population shares in 5 occupations |
-0.505*** |
| Add to above: Government administration
(0-1 dummy variable for each tahasil) |
-0.485*** |
s
Estimates are from zero-inflated negative binomial models of number of deaths
in villages in Kendrapada District, Orissa, India, during October 1999 cyclone.
Variables were progressively added to those in preceding rows. ***P<0.01 (twotailed
z tests). Source: Das and Vincent (2009) |
