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

Table 3

Associations between logged age-standardized child (aged 1–17) mortality rates and explanatory factors. Results from pooled cross-sectional time series analyses. 𝑁 (countries): 26, 𝑁 (observations): 122.

	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3		Model 4
	Coef.	𝑃 values	Coef.	𝑃 values	Coef.	𝑃 values	Coef.	𝑃 values
Child poverty (40%)	0.021	0.001	0.020	0.000	0.009	0.025	0.018	0.004
Wave	−0.158	0.000	−0.135	0.000	−0.111	0.000	−0.124	0.000
GDP/1,000 US dollars			−0.009	0.000	−0.009	0.000	−0.005	0.017
Social spending					−0.023	0.000	−0.026	0.000
Welfare regime:
Central European							−0.019	0.626
Liberal							−0.167	0.003
Southern European							−0.150	0.032
Postsocialist							0.051	0.485
Other							−0.138	0.158
Constant	−0.890	0.000	−0.725	0.000	−0.312	0.000	−0.325	0.000