Table 2 OLS Regressions: Factors affecting health status (white heteroskedasticity-corrected t-statistics in parenthesis)

Dependent variable
Independent variables
GDP per capita in PPP
adjusted $2000(ln)
Public Health Spending
(ln of share of GDP)
Index of Corruption
(least corrupt=6)
Quality of Bureaucracy
(highest=4)
Index of
Corruption*public
health spending (ln
share of GDP)
Quality of
Bureaucracy* public
health spending (ln of
share of GDP)
Female education
Income inequality
Predominantly Muslim
Ethno linguistic
fractionalization
Access to safe water
Degree of urbanization
Percentage of
population aged underfive

Under-5 Mortality (natural log)

Regression(2.1)
Regression(2.2)
Regression(2.3)
-.42
-.37
-.29
(-5.33)
(-4.93)
(-3.31)
-.18
0.083
.10
(-2.95)
(0.91)
(1.42)
0.03
0.10
(.64)
(1.42)
0.0008
(0.02)
-0.087
(-3.111)

-.12
(-4.06)

-0.008
(-2.45)
0.007
(1.85)
0.003
(3.03)
0.59
(4.22)
-0.003
(-1.07)
-0004
(-.15)
0.094
(3.91)

-.009
(-3.05)
0.005
(1.29)
0.003
(2.69)
0.71
(5.01)
-.003
(-1.37)
-.0004
(-.15)
0.094
(4.22)

-0.010
(-2.95)
0.004
(0.95)
0.003
(2.84)
0.76
(5.32)
-0.004
(-1.56)
-.0004
(-.18)
.097
(4.37)

Distance from the

equator
Dummy for year 1997
Dummy for year 2003
constant
R- square
Number of Observation

0.04
(.12)
-0.10
(-3.16)
-.13
(-2.42)
5.94
(6.84)
0.94
228

0.41
(1.27)
-.12
(-3.51)
-.18
(-3.60)
5.56
(7.07)
.95
228

0.31
(.96)
-.10
(-2.78)
-.14
(-2.66)
5.03
(5.72)
.95
228