Table 3.
Associations between ICT factors and national health outcomes.
| Variables | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under-five mortality rate | Maternal mortality ratio | Adolescent fertility rate | Life expectancy at birth | |
| ICT environment | −0.0575∗∗∗ | −0.0547∗∗∗ | −0.0680∗∗∗ | 0.00243 |
| (0.0134) | (0.0128) | (0.0168) | (0.00256) | |
| ICT readiness | −0.00257 | −0.00312 | 0.00680∗∗ | 0.000210 |
| (0.00258) | (0.00246) | (0.00325) | (0.000493) | |
| ICT usage | −0.0661∗∗∗ | −0.0708∗∗∗ | −0.0555∗∗∗ | 0.00406∗∗∗ |
| (0.00639) | (0.00611) | (0.00804) | (0.00122) | |
| GDP | −0.425∗∗∗ | −0.346∗∗∗ | −0.234∗∗∗ | 0.0850∗∗∗ |
| (0.0342) | (0.0327) | (0.0431) | (0.00654) | |
| Constant | 13.84∗∗∗ | 11.67∗∗∗ | 9.667∗∗∗ | 2.130∗∗∗ |
| (0.835) | (0.798) | (1.051) | (0.160) | |
| Observations | 660 | 660 | 662 | 662 |
| R-squared | 0.626 | 0.618 | 0.364 | 0.438 |
| Number of id | 140 | 140 | 141 | 141 |
Standard errors in parentheses ∗∗∗p < 0.01, ∗∗p < 0.05, ∗p < 0.1