Research Article

Gender Gaps in Human Capital in Developing Countries: An Empirical Assessment

Table 9

Dependent variable: maternal mortality rate.

Coefficient estimate -statistic

Intercept 1220.092 5.500
Sanit −1.135
rural −4.528 −2.587**
urban −5.515 −1.867***
SkilBirths −5.382 −3.131*
Prenatal 3.393 1.811***
Ethnic 127.620 1.224

Adjusted 2 = 0.706.
*Significant at the 1 percent level.
**Significant at the 5 percent level.
***Significant at the 10 percent level.