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Table 4 Instrumental Variable Regression results for Under-five mortality - with interactions

From: Quality of governance, public spending on health and health status in Sub Saharan Africa: a panel data regression analysis

GDP per capita

−0.449***

(0.085)

−0.461***

(0.083)

−0.474***

(0.090)

−0.427***

(0.082)

−0.526***

(0.082)

Public Health Expenditure

−0.128***

(0.037)

−0.126***

(0.036)

−0.100**

(0.033)

−0.110**

(0.035)

−0.071*

(0.036)

Female literacy

−0.009***

(0.001)

−0.009***

(0.001)

−0.009***

(0.001)

−0.009***

(0.001)

−0.009***

(0.001)

Sanitation

−0.071

(0.070)

−0.094

(0.066)

−0.095

(0.067)

−0.072

(0.063)

−0.051

(0.065)

Government Effectiveness

−0.063*

(0.034)

        

Public Health Expenditure * Government effectiveness

−0.069*

(0.041)

        

Regulatory Quality

  

−0.062

(0.057)

      

Public Health Expenditure * Regulatory Quality

  

−0.056

(0.047)

      

Control of Corruption

    

−0.009

(0.057)

    

Public Health Expenditure * Control of Corruption

    

−0.007

(0.044)

    

Rule of Law

      

−0.146**

(0.056)

  

Public Health Expenditure * Rule of Law

      

−0.054*

(0.032)

  

Voice and Accountability

        

−0.047*

(0.023)

Public Health Expenditure * Voice and Accountability

        

−0.087*

(0.038)

Sargan (p-value)

0.371

 

0.379

 

0.242

 

0.348

 

0.244

 

Adjusted R-squared

0.68

 

0.68

 

0.67

 

0.70

 

0.68

 

F

84.55

 

85.41

 

80.91

 

90.86

 

86.31

 

Observations

223

 

223

 

223

 

223

 

223

 
  1. Standard errors in parentheses
  2. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001