Spatial patterns of childhood diarrhea in Ethiopia: data from Ethiopian demographic and health surveys (2000, 2005, and 2011)

Table 2 Spatial autocorrelation analysis of childhood diarrhea in Ethiopia, 2000, 2005, and 2011

EDHS Study periods	Observed Moran’s I	Expected Moran’s I	Z-Score	P-value
2000	1.3296	−0.0019	3.01	0.001
2005	0.8845	−0.0019	1.95	0.05
2011	0.3830	−0.0018	12.16	0.001

The table shows that when the observed value is greater than the expected value and P-value < 0.05, it is statistically significant

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