TABLE 7.

Comparison of sequential models with Expected TFR Decr and with interactions, fit via GLS with TFR decrement as the dependent variable

Sequential Models	Model 1	Model 2b	Model 3b	Model 4b	Model 5b	Model 6b	Model 7b
(Intercept)	0.33 ***	0.32 ***	0.32 ***	0.32 ***	0.30 ***	0.30 ***	0.31 ***
Expected TFR Decr	0.94 ***	0.95 ***	0.95 ***	0.94 ***	0.93 ***	0.89 ***	0.81 ***
SSA	−0.09 **	−0.10 **	−0.10 **	−0.10 **	−0.07 *	−0.06	−0.06 *
Urban Change		−0.45	−0.46	−0.24	−0.86	−1.09	−1.46 *
GDP Growth			−0.31	−0.97 *	−0.91 *	−1.02 **	−1.20 **
GDP Growth Change				0.68 **	0.68 **	0.73 **	0.77 ***
LowSec+ Change					2.02 ***	2.09 ***	1.79 ***
Child Mortality Decr						3.01 *	0.44
CP (Modern) Change							3.38 ***
SSA:Urban Change		0.95	0.91	0.67	1.06	1.26	1.81 *
SSA:GDP Growth			0.39	1.07 *	0.90	1.07 *	1.08 *
SSA:GDP Growth Change				−0.71	−0.56	−0.65	−0.61
SSA:LowSec+ Change					−0.15	−0.24	−0.57
SSA:Child Mortality Decr						−3.59 *	−1.40
SSA:CP (Modern) Change							−1.55 *
R 2	0.45	0.45	0.45	0.46	0.49	0.49	0.57

^***denotes $P<0.001$, ^**denotes $P<0.01$, and ^*denotes $P<0.05$.