Table 3.
Three models estimating the relationship between health equity (U5MR quintile ratio), governance (RLTC and SEO) and 9 covariates representing healthcare, finance/economy, education, and physical infrastructure1.
| U5MR Quintile Ratio | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 4 (28 < n <30) | Model 5 (n = 25) | Model 6 (n = 25) | ||||
| β/r | p | β | p | β | p | |
| Healthcare | ||||||
| Births Attended % | .32 | .09 | .31 | .30 | .32 | .34 |
| Immunisation % | .24 | .19 | .15 | .55 | .10 | .72 |
| Hospital Beds/10,000 | .07 | .73 | -.73 | .04 | -.73 | .06 |
| Finance | ||||||
| GNI (transformed) $ | .35 | .06 | -.04 | .92 | -.14 | .77 |
| Health Expenditure $ | .53 | <.001 | .88 | .01 | .85 | .02 |
| Education | ||||||
| Enrolments (female) % | .25 | .20 | -.18 | .44 | -.24 | .40 |
| Adult Literacy % | .23 | .24 | .42 | .18 | .36 | .35 |
| Physical Infrastructure | ||||||
| Water % | .15 | .43 | -.42 | .21 | -.47 | .25 |
| Sanitation % | .33 | .08 | .27 | .23 | .27 | .25 |
| Governance | ||||||
| RLTC | .32 | .09 | .10 | .77 | ||
| SEO | .42 | .02 | .19 | .71 | ||
| Adjusted R-squared | .30 | .21 | ||||
1Model 4 examines the bivariate relationship. Model 5 examines the multivariate relationship between the covariates and health outcome in the absence of the measures of governance. Model 6 examines the multivariate relationship between health outcome and governance, adjusting for the covariates.