Table 3.

Predictors of Under-Five Mortality in Nine Asian Countries: Log-Linear Regression Estimates

Variables	ln(Under-Five Mortality)
	(3.1)	(3.2)	(3.3)	(3.4)
	OECD	Non-OECD	OECD	Non-OECD
CHE as a share of GDP	0.0362	−0.220***
	(0.104)	(0.0531)
ln(CHE per capita)			0.227	−0.253***
			(0.579)	(0.0777)
Regulatory quality [1; 6]	0.0804	−0.459***	1.079	−1.241***
	(0.260)	(0.102)	(1.579)	(0.162)
Regulatory quality*CHE/GDP	−0.0115	0.172***
	(0.0337)	(0.0302)
Regulatory quality*ln(CHE pc)			−0.138	0.245***
			(0.204)	(0.0291)
ln(Unsafe water drinking)	−0.413	0.102***	0.0539	0.0760***
	(0.265)	(0.0158)	(0.509)	(0.0144)
ln(CO2 per capita)	0.0738	0.117**	0.154	0.189***
	(0.303)	(0.0576)	(0.418)	(0.0558)
ln(Animal protein consum. pc)	11.26	0.685	6.493	−0.131
	(8.328)	(0.927)	(17.75)	(1.249)
ln(Animal protein consum. pc)Sq	−1.112	−0.0783	−0.656	−0.0298
	(0.816)	(0.111)	(1.734)	(0.148)
ln(Plant protein consum. pc)	114.1**	14.29**	15.81	−2.278
	(44.54)	(5.484)	(77.60)	(6.525)
(ln(Plant protein consum. pc))Sq	−10.78**	−1.480***	−1.474	0.201
	(4.222)	(0.540)	(7.362)	(0.645)
ln(Carbohydrates consum. pc)	−109.8**	44.09**	−8.445	68.06***
	(48.60)	(17.62)	(92.29)	(16.66)
(ln(Carbohydrates consum. pc))Sq	7.297**	−2.925**	0.561	−4.567***
	(3.222)	(1.174)	(6.129)	(1.109)
ln(Fat consumption pc)	5.860	−5.897	14.33	−3.303
	(22.24)	(4.072)	(33.09)	(5.066)
(ln(Fat consumption pc))Sq	−0.449	0.441	−1.099	0.266
	(1.653)	(0.331)	(2.469)	(0.408)
ln(GDP per capita)	−2.204***	−0.374***	−1.199	−0.685***
	(0.461)	(0.0596)	(1.013)	(0.117)
Unemployment	−0.0338**	−0.0214***	−0.0188	−0.00969
	(0.0161)	(0.00662)	(0.0365)	(0.00700)
ln(Population density)	5.419**	−0.288***	2.097	−0.0966
	(2.481)	(0.0817)	(4.409)	(0.102)
Urbanization	−0.0113	−0.0275***	−0.0207	−0.0266***
	(0.00983)	(0.00241)	(0.0154)	(0.00279)
Constant	56.79	−173.0**	−72.46	−224.0***
	(126.4)	(66.78)	(180.6)	(66.53)
Observations	44	154	36	126
R-squared	0.993	0.980	0.988	0.979
Number of countries	2	7	2	7

Notes: Standard errors in parentheses, ***<0.01; **P<0.05; *P<0.1.