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

Table 6

Associations between child (aged 1–17) logged age-standardized 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 1–17

	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	0.019	0.000	0.008	0.020	0.016	0.008
Wave	−0.142	0.000	−0.123	0.000	−0.099	0.000	−0.112	0.000
GDP/1,000 US dollars			−0.008	0.000	−0.007	0.000	−0.004	0.004
Social spending					−0.023	0.000	−0.024	0.000
Welfare regime:
Central European							0.009	0.823
Liberal							−0.121	0.047
Southern European							−0.130	0.061
Postsocialist							0.074	0.229
Other							−0.051	0.616
Constant	−1.194	0.000	−1.038	0.000	−0.623	0.000	−0.673	0.000

(b) Boys 1–17

	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	0.044	0.018	0.004
Wave	−0.169	0.000	−0.141	0.000	−0.117	0.000	−0.136	0.000
GDP/1,000 US dollars			−0.009	0.000	−0.009	0.000	−0.004	0.160
Social spending					−0.024	0.000	−0.025	0.000
Welfare regime:
Central European							−0.019	0.627
Liberal							−0.177	0.001
Southern European							−0.144	0.037
Post-socialist							0.084	0.267
Other							−0.153	0.070
Constant	−0.666	0.000	−0.507	0.000	−0.088	0.152	−0.139	0.105