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Table 3 Generalized least squares regression analysis of suspicious and non-suspicious vehicle fires (robust standard errors)

From: Opportunity and rationality as an explanation for suspicious vehicle fires: demonstrating the relevance of time, place, and economic factors

Fire type

Predictor

β

SE (robust)

p value

Suspicious

Unemployment

0.93

0.30

< .003

Interest rates

1.12

0.29

< .001

AR1 term

− 0.42

0.07

< .0001

Non-suspicious

Unemployment

0.07

0.17

ns

Interest rates

0.11

0.16

ns

AR1 term

− 0.36

0.07

< .0001