Table 3.
Multiple regression analysis of age adjusted mortality in all ages and mortality in children under 5 on median household disposable income and share of household disposable income received by less well off 50% in Taiwan, 1976, 1985, and 1995 (standard errors in parentheses)
| Variable | All age mortality
|
Mortality in under 5s
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1985 | 1995 | 1976 | 1985 | 1995 | ||
| Median household disposable income (NT$10 000) | −45.43*** (10.97) | −18.43** (5.18) | −3.43** (1.15) | −0.58*** (0.13) | −0.07* (0.03) | −0.05 (0.06) | |
| Share of household disposable income received by less well off 50% | 1015.27 (952.85) | 1264.04 (1193.57) | −1467.34 (750.79) | −4.86 (11.30) | −4.41 (7.65) | −13.23** (3.83) | |
| R2 | 0.51 | 0.46 | 0.58 | 0.63 | 0.38 | 0.55 | |
| Adjusted R2 | 0.46 | 0.40 | 0.54 | 0.59 | 0.32 | 0.50 | |
| F value | 9.45 | 7.77 | 12.74 | 15.40 | 4.74 | 10.88 | |
| P value | 0.0016 | 0.0037 | 0.0004 | 0.0001 | 0.0118 | 0.0008 | |
*
P<0.05; **P<0.01; ***P<0.001.