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Table 4 Poisson models: Words Used in Virtue and Vice, marginal effects

From: Using natural language processing to explore heterogeneity in moral terminology in palliative care consultations

 

Virtue

Vice

Age

0.0072 (0.0067)

−0.0043 (0.0034)

Female

− 0.0781 (0.1991)

−0.0389 (0.1079)

White

−0.4625* (0.2693)

− 0.1159 (0.1267)

Education

0.0470 (0.0637)

0.0245 (0.0355)

Financial security

0.0628 (0.1017)

−0.0485 (0.0508)

Christian

−0.4236** (0.2157)

0.0024 (0.1131)

Other religion

−0.3908 (0.3453)

− 0.2195 (0.2540)

EOL preference for comfort-directed treatment

0.0297 (0.0887)

−0.0155 (0.0520)

Spiritual needs supported

−0.0443 (0.0507)

0.0226 (0.0239)

Psychospiritual Distress

0.0251 (0.0298)

0.0468*** (0.0180)

Total words used

0.0037*** (0.0003)

0.0011*** (0.0001)

Observations

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  1. Results report marginal effects – representing the change in the number of words used. Robust standard errors in parentheses
  2. *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1