Table 2

Determinants of HIV prevalence in the Russian regions

Variables
Economic
Socio-cultural
Epidemio- logical
Full
Far East dummy
Urban regions

GRP/capita
-0.32 (2.45)***
--
--
-0.27 (2.28)**
-0.13 (1.68)*
-0.17 (1.89)*
Cars
0.46 (3.56)***
--
--
0.27 (1.92)**
0.30 (2.07)**
0.35 (2.30)**
Urbanisation
--
0.27 (2.52)***
--
0.25 (1.86)*
0.25 (1.98)**
0.39 (2.15)**
Crime
--
0.35 (3.17)***
--
0.33 (2.26)**
0.27 (2.04)**
0.26 (2.01)**
Number of beds
--
--
-0.35 (3.36)***
-0.17 (1.01)
--
--
State dummy
--
--
--
--
-0.65 (2.72)***
-0.64 (2.39)***
Constant
-0.03 (0.32)
-0.01 (0.02)
0.006 (0.06)
-0.06 (0.08)
-0.01 (0.02)
0.07 (0.10)
Adj R2
0.19
0.28
0.11
0.32
0.35
0.36
F
7.27 (0.000)
17.9 (0.000)
11.31 (0.000)
7.68 (0.000)
6.99 (0.000)
6.51 (0.000)
N
78
87
86
78
78
73

All variables are standardised. Estimations are heteroscedasticity robust. Absolute values of t statistic in parentheses. ***, ** and * indicate significance at the 1, 5 and 10% acceptance level.

Sources: HIV prevalence data compiled by authors from information supplied by the Russian Federal AIDS Centre, 2005 and socioeconomic data derived from Goskomstat Rossii, 2004, pp. 44–45, 72–73, 79–80, 112–114, 146–147, 169–170, 326–327, 328–329, 334–335, 347–348, 674–675, 925–926.

Moran and Jordaan International Journal of Health Geographics 2007 6:22   doi:10.1186/1476-072X-6-22