Cross-Temporal and Cross-National Poverty and Mortality Rates among Developed Countries

Table 5

Associations between infant (aged < 1) logged mortality rates and explanatory factors for girls (a) and boys (b), respectively. Results from pooled cross-sectional time series analyses. 𝑁 (countries): 26, 𝑁 (observations): 122.

(a) Girls < 1

	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3		Model 4
	Coef.	𝑃 values	Coef.	𝑃 values	Coef.	𝑃 values	Coef.	𝑃 values
Child poverty (40%)	0.020	0.022	0.021	0.001	0.013	0.076	0.014	0.104
Wave	−0.176	0.000	−0.148	0.000	−0.136	0.000	−0.182	0.000
GDP/1,000 US dollars			−0.010	0.003	−0.009	0.007	0.002	0.681
Social spending					−0.019	0.000	−0.009	0.247
Welfare regime:
Central European							0.236	0.000
Liberal							0.225	0.002
Southern European							0.180	0.067
Postsocialist							0.581	0.000
Other							0.295	0.007
Constant	2.328	0.000	2.493	0.000	2.828	0.000	2.257	0.000

(b) Boys < 1

	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3		Model 4
	Coef.	𝑃 values	Coef.	𝑃 values	Coef.	𝑃 values	Coef.	𝑃 values
Child poverty (40%)	0.023	0.002	0.022	0.000	0.014	0.066	0.016	0.054
Wave	−0.192	0.000	−0.164	0.000	−0.151	0.000	−0.172	0.000
GDP/1,000 US dollars			−0.009	0.001	−0.008	0.001	−0.004	0.064
Social spending					−0.019	0.000	−0.016	0.016
Welfare regime:
Central European							0.194	0.000
Liberal							0.131	0.088
Southern European							0.049	0.674
Postsocialist							0.380	0.025
Other							−0.009	0.927
Constant	2.583	0.000	2.732	0.000	3.088	0.000	2.814	0.000