Table 2 Regression results for Under-five mortality

GDP per capita

−0.381^**

(0.136)

−0.391^**

(0.138)

−0.379^**

(0.134)

−0.371^**

(0.132)

−0.388^**

(0.136)

Public Health Expenditure

−0.103

(0.058)

−0.104

(0.057)

−0.102

(0.058)

−0.095

(0.056)

−0.110

(0.059)

Female literacy

−0.008^***

(0.001)

−0.008^***

(0.001)

−0.008^***

(0.001)

−0.008^***

(0.001)

−0.008^***

(0.001)

Sanitation

−0.297

(0.174)

−0.301

(0.173)

−0.297

(0.177)

−0.295

(0.179)

−0.292

(0.181)

Government Effectiveness

−0.002

(0.070)

Regulatory Quality

0.042

(0.074)

Control of Corruption

−0.006

(0.065)

Rule of Law

−0.063

(0.089)

Voice and Accountability

0.043

(0.063)

Constant

8.894^***

(0.881)

9.002^***

(0.889)

8.876^***

(0.851)

8.791^***

(0.850)

8.948^***

(0.866)

Adjusted R-squared

0.67

0.68

0.67

0.68

0.68

F

36.31

37.33

36.53

38.39

38.34

Observations

374

374

374

374

374

GDP per capita

−0.487^***

(0.082)

−0.484^***

(0.081)

−0.479^***

(0.083)

−0.450^***

(0.080)

−0.489^***

(0.082)

Public Health Expenditure

−0.094^**

(0.030)

−0.101^***

(0.030)

−0.098^**

(0.031)

−0.087^**

(0.029)

−0.114^***

(0.031)

Female literacy

−0.009^***

(0.001)

−0.009^***

(0.001)

−0.009^***

(0.001)

−0.009^***

(0.001)

−0.009^***

(0.001)

Sanitation

−0.046

(0.068)

−0.078

(0.064)

−0.093

(0.065)

−0.062

(0.063)

−0.072

(0.065)

Government Effectiveness

−0.096^*

(0.047)

Regulatory Quality

−0.108^*

(0.043)

Control of Corruption

−0.015

(0.037)

Rule of Law

−0.183^***

(0.046)

Voice and Accountability

0.082^*

(0.040)

Sargan (p-value)

0.369

0.342

0.241

0.313

0.205

Adjusted R-squared

0.68

0.68

0.67

0.70

0.68

F

100.37

102.02

97.60

108.58

100.46

Observations

223

223

223

223

223