Table 2.
Determinants of under-5 mortality: diagnostic results.
| Model |
A |
B |
C |
D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equation | (1) | (2) | (6) | (6,7) |
| Coefficient estimates | ||||
| Intercept (constant across countries) | 8.452 | . | . | . |
| (−44.05) | ||||
| TIME (constant across countries) | −0.013 | −0.021 | . | . |
| (−6.33) | (−13.88) | |||
| lnGDPPC | −0.345 | −0.257 | −0.122 | −0.095 |
| (−11.08) | (−8.06) | (−4.26) | (3.33) | |
| EDFEMALE | −0.121 | −0.074 | −0.036 | −0.027 |
| (−11.47) | (−6.87) | (−3.49) | (−2.60) | |
| lnDOCSPC | −0.101 | −0.105 | −0.112 | −0.123 |
| (−4.04) | (−4.05) | (−6.54) | (7.37) | |
| Level-2 model: determinants of TIME coefficient | ||||
| TIME (constant component)—γ10 | . | −0.027 | −0.001 | |
| (−13.63) | (0.25) | |||
| SD of variance component of TIME–SD( μ1i) | 0.015 | 0.013 | ||
| DTP3-86 | −0.40 | |||
| (5.49) | ||||
| Level-2 Model: Determinants of the Intercept | ||||
| Intercept (constant component)—γ100 | 8.135 | 7.388 | 7.049 | |
| (−30.05) | (24.92) | (26.60) | ||
| SD of variance component of Intercept–SD( μ0i) | 0.360 | 0.517 | 0.53 | |
| DTP3-86 | −0.38 | |||
| (1.21) | ||||
| Estimation Statistics | ||||
| N | 573 | 573 | 573 | 573 |
| Countries | 95 | 95 | 95 | 95 |
| RMSE | 0.425 | 0.152 | 0.06 | 0.06 |
| R2 | 0.799 | 0.974 | 0.996 | 0.996 |
| AIC | 658 | −58 | −554 | −559 |
Note: Robust t-statistics in parentheses under the point estimates. The dependent variable is logged 5q0. Unbalanced panel using up to 7 time periods for each country.