Table 2 The results from the lasso regression

From: Multinational patterns of seasonal asymmetry in human movement influence infectious disease dynamics

Variable

Kenya

Namibia

Pakistan

(Intercept)

−2.98

−2.33

0.438

School terms

 

0.0476

 

Temperature

−0.132

−0.0014

−0.0004

Precipitation

0.00088

0.00013

 

Location

−0.001

0.0034

0.0004

Holiday

0.218

0.058

−0.005

  1. In each country, we performed a lasso regression to predict the monthly average ratio of travel per district using social (school terms), climatic (temperature and precipitation), and a location variable. In all three countries, the social variable (holiday or school terms) was the largest factor
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