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Table 6 Instrumental Variable Regression results for Life expectancy- 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

2.825*

(1.695)

2.478

(1.649)

3.048*

(1.801)

1.931

(1.632)

3.120*

(1.654)

Public Health Expenditure

0.968

(0.744)

0.645

(0.718)

0.718*

(0.457)

1.187*

(0.696)

1.593**

(0.721)

Adult literacy

0.128***

(0.020)

0.108***

(0.020)

0.116***

(0.021)

0.131***

(0.020)

0.113***

(0.020)

Sanitation

0.020

(1.396)

1.398

(1.301)

1.605

(1.343)

1.161

(1.265)

1.617

(1.308)

Government Effectiveness

4.906***

(1.247)

        

Public Health Expenditure * Government effectiveness

−1.427

(0.901)

        

Regulatory Quality

  

4.749***

(1.139)

      

Public Health Expenditure * Regulatory Quality

  

1.504

(0.941)

      

Control of Corruption

    

3.219***

(1.142)

    

Public Health Expenditure * Control of Corruption

    

1.946**

(0.882)

    

Rule of Law

      

5.827***

(1.106)

  

Public Health Expenditure * Rule of Law

      

2.009**

(0.914)

  

Voice and Accountability

        

2.214**

(0.943)

Public Health Expenditure * Voice and Accountability

        

3.080***

(0.769)

Sargan (p-value)

0.441

 

0.179

 

0.122

 

0.215

 

0.198

 

Adjusted R-squared

0.33

 

0.34

 

0.30

 

0.37

 

0.33

 

F

24.50

 

25.23

 

22.02

 

27.49

 

24.16

 

Observations

223

 

223

 

223

 

223

 

223

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