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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 231 231
  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